andy pettitte returns to the bronx

Andy Pettitte will earn $16 million in 2007 to be a starter for the New York Yankees.  I think this represents an excellent move by the Yankees: they get an established performer and pin him with high (but not unreasonable) expectations.  A lefty starter with an effective pick-off move, Pettitte will return to New York expecting admiration while at the same time expecting to have to prove himself all over again.

Randy Johnson no longer owns the title of lefty Yankees starter.  He's being made redundant in an employment system carefully protected by a strong union.  His name is generating phone calls to GM Brian Cashman, and believe me, not a moment too soon.  That was a bit of a back-handed way of speaking my mind, so let me be clearer:

Randy Johnson, pack your things and hand over your uniform.