Another baseball off-season, and another Andy Pettitte contract. If you wonder how a 37-year old pitcher can continue to earn nearly $12 million contracts, Beyond the Box Score has the answer, and it is pretty simple: he’s worth it.
Why Andy Pettitte Is Worth Another Year
Even at his advanced age of 37, Pettitte is still an above average starter. It seems that he could wake up out of bed and hand you a 3.5-4 WAR season without much effort. Over the last eight seasons, his average WAR has been 4.14. If you remove the injury shortened season of 2004, he has earned a 4.46 WAR over the past seven season in which he has thrown at least 130 innings. [...]
With his track record of giving nearly 200 innings per season plus an above average FIP/xFIP, it should be pretty easy for the Yankees to get value once again from Pettitte.
Somewhat amazingly, Pettitte has earned over $93 million since 2002. But it’s tough to argue he hasn’t been worth it.
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