PETTITTE SUFFERS SETBACK. YANKS WILL NEED A STARTER FAST

Bad News coming out of Yankeeland as we speak... and it's both devastating to the state of the Yankee rotation as well as Andy Pettitte, whom we all love.

George King III reports, along with Ken Davidoff in his Tweet that Andy Pettitte has suffered a "setback" during rehab.  Now it looks like there will be a delay.  Remember, the target for Pettitte was September 1st.  Don't look for that now.

According Andy Pettitte, he "did alittle too much in Seattle" and the "ankle hasn't healed up as much as (the doctors) thought it would."

It's interesting, it seems that there wasn't much progress in the healing process the past 2 to 4 weeks than there was in the beginning.  Oh boy...welcome to age 40 I guess. But as bad as this is for Andy Pettitte, it's not the end of the world for him.  He just needs to heal, whether it be so he can play this season, or not. Sure he wants to compete, but he can't push himself.  The bigger problem is that the Yankees have a championship to win, they need Andy.  If they don't have Andy, they need someone else, but who? Several pitchers recently have found homes;  Francisco Liriano, Cole Hamels, Zack Greinke and to be honest, the only real option is Matt Garza and even he is struggling a bit lately with a minor setback.  Read HERE. It's August, maybe Sidney Ponson's available again...I kid, I kid.

This is an interesting dilemma so pay attention to it Ladies and Gentlemen... more to follow for sure.

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