The Yankees will retire Andy Pettitte’s number 46

By Feb 16, 2015, 6:40 AM EST
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It was reported yesterday that the New York Yankees will retire Andy Pettitte’s number 46 and give him a plaque in Monument Park. The source of the report: Pettitte’s son Josh tweeted it:

It was later confirmed by several reporters. Pettitte’s number will be the 18th retired by the Yankees. At some point they’ll have to start giving out pinstriped jerseys with, like, hashtags and @ symbols on them. Or maybe they can go with decimals or something. If you get traded to the Yankees, here is your best course of action:

Pettitte pitched for 18 years in the bigs, 15 of which in New York. With the Yankees he complied a record of 219-127 with a 3.94 ERA and 2,020 strikeouts in 2,796.1 innings. He was a three-time All-Star and, of course, helped the Bombers to five World Series titles.

Dodgers place pitcher Noah Syndergaard on injured list with no timetable for return

Associated PressJun 8, 2023, 9:19 PM EDT
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CINCINNATI — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed pitcher Noah Syndergaard on the 15-day injured list Thursday with a blister on the index finger of his right throwing hand.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the timetable for Syndergaard’s return is unknown despite the 15-day designation.

“The physical, the mental, the emotional part, as he’s talked about, has taken a toll on him,” Roberts said. “So, the ability to get him away from this. He left today to go back to Los Angeles to kind of get back to normalcy.”

Syndergaard allowed six runs and seven hits in three innings against the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night, raising his ERA to 7.16.

Syndergaard (1-4) has surrendered at least five runs in three straight starts.

Syndergaard has been trying to return to the player he was before Tommy John surgery sidelined him for the better part of the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Roberts said Syndergaard will need at least “a few weeks” to both heal and get away from baseball and “reset.”

“I think searching and not being comfortable with where he was at in the moment is certainly evident in performance,” Roberts said. “So hopefully this time away will provide more clarity on who he is right now as a pitcher.

“Trying to perform when you’re searching at this level is extremely difficult. I applaud him from not running from it, but it’s still very difficult. Hopefully it can be a tale of two stories, two halves when he does come back.”