[...] s. The Yankees lost the Cliff Lee sweepstakes and Andy Pettitte retired, leaving little behind ace CC Sabathia and the inconsistent Phil Hughes and A.J. Burnett. The Rays shed payroll and gutted their team, losing Crawford and slugger Carlos Pena and a decline is expected. The Blue Jays led the Majors in home runs with 257 last year and have a good pitching staff, assets which should keep them abo [...]

[...] ra but failing to sign Lee and the retirement of Andy Pettitte leaves New York with weak starting pitching. A.J. Burnett, Phil Hughes and Sergio Mitre will have to have banner years for the Bronx Bombers to be competitive with the Bosox. After the big three of Philadelphia, Boston and New York, baseball betting fans can get future book odds of at least 15/1—and in some cases much [...]

[...] ild off his 9th win of the season will be veteran Andy Pettitte who enters his 15th start of the year 9-2 with a 2.48 ERA & 1.12 WHIP through 94.1 total innings of work. He’s a perfect 3-0 as a visitor this season having just defeated Arizona in the desert by limiting the Diamondbacks to seven hits and a pair of runs while striking out seven through seven IP; the Yankees are 4-1 with [...]

[...] , as he is slated to duke it out with veteran LHP Andy Pettitte. The boys from Beantown are still smarting from the fact that the Yanks won last year's championship. New York has won nine out of ten against the Red Sox coming into this week. Sportsbook.com will have all of your MLB betting action covered for the festivities. Friday & Sunday: Philadelphia Fliers vs. New York Rangers - The East [...]

[...] hing staff that includes CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, Andy Pettitte, and Javier Vazquez and arguably the best closer in MLB history in Mariano Rivera, and it's hard to picture how this team won't make the playoffs and be the undeniable favorite once it gets there. St. Louis Cardinals (12/1) - The Cards probably don't have the best team in the National League, but what they do have is arguably the mos [...]

[...] rotation is also reeling after the retirement of Andy Pettitte. The Bronx Bombers did sign former closer Rafael Soriano to set-up for Mariano Rivera. The bats are going to be fine after leading MLB in runs scored last year (859). They also have the resources to make a big acquisition or two at the trading deadline. Prediction: Over 91 ½ wins Tampa Bay Rays Tampa Bay is +1500 [...]

[...] agwell, 1b; Roger Clemens, rhp; Aubrey Huff, 3b; Andy Pettitte, lhp. LOS ANGELES (7) -- Einar Diaz, c; J.D. Drew, of; Eric Gagne, rhp; Kenny Lofton, of; Julio Lugo, ss; Greg Maddux, rhp; Aaron Sele, rhp. MILWAUKEE (5) -- David Bell, 3b; Jeff Cirillo, 3b; Rick Helling, rhp; Dan Kolb, rhp; Tomo Ohka, rhp. NEW YORK (8) -- Mike DiFelice, c; Cliff Floyd, of; Yusaku Iriki, rhp; Ricky Le [...]

Andy Pettitte and the Yankees reached a preliminary agreement Friday on a $16 million, one-year contract, a deal that reunites the two-time All-Star with the team he helped to win four World Series titles. Pettitte's deal with the Yankees includes a $16 million player option for 2008. His agent, Randy Hendricks, said Pettitte would not exercise the option if he were hurt and una [...]