Andy Pettitte to Start Sunday for Yankees, Marking First Big League Outing Since 2010

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May 8, 2012

Andy Pettitte to Start Sunday for Yankees, Marking First Big League Outing Since 2010Help is on the way for the Yankees, and it's in the form of 39-year-old Andy Pettitte.

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman announced Tuesday that Pettitte will return to a major league mound on Sunday to face the Seattle Mariners. Cashman told reporters of the decision on Tuesday afternoon.

Pettitte, who had retired following the 2010 season, signed with New York on March 16. The one-year deal, a minor league contract worth $2.5 million, reunited the left-hander with a team he has spent 15 of his 16 major league seasons with.

Pettitte has already made four rehab starts in the minor leagues, going 0-2 in those starts. He worked 17 innings, allowing seven earned runs while striking out 13 and walking three. Opposing batters hit .284 off of him.

In his last season in the bigs, 2010, Pettitte went 11-3 with a 3.28 ERA in 21 starts with the Yankees. That was enough to earn him his third All-Star Game nod.

The Yankees have had issues with injuries already this season in both the starting rotation and the bullpen. They've already lost starter Michael Pineda and closer Mariano Rivera for the season, and they're likely without Joba Chamberlain for all of 2012 as well.

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