Welcome back to the Yankees, Andy Pettitte. Earlier today Pettitte was named a special advisor to GM Brian Cashman, the Yankees announced. Pettitte said Derek Jeter tried to woo him to the Marlins — Jorge Posada recently joined Miami as a special advisor — but he wanted to remain a Yankee.
“I spoke with Derek recently,” said Pettitte to Ken Davidoff. “Obviously that would be something fun you could consider, with a couple of my buddies doing that or whatever. But this is something that has been in the works for really five years. Hal (Steinbrenner) and Cash and the organization have really been so great to me.