Yankees: 4 Draft Picks New York Couldn’t Make Under 2020 Rules

Andy Pettitte would never have been a Yankee if he’d been eligible for the 2020 MLB Draft.

2. Andy Pettitte, 1990 (22nd Round)

Hey, whoever drafted for the Yankees in 1990 deserves a round of applause! What’s that? They’ve already garnered a ton of accolades for building the sport’s greatest dynasty? Got it.

Even so, netting Andy Pettitte out of Deer Park HS in Texas two rounds before importing another Coresman in Posada earns this team the highest of high marks.

Andrew Eugene Pettitte had a more precipitous rise than Posada; while Georgie was on the bench observing through the ’95 run, Pettitte was living it, going 12-9 with a 4.17 mark as a 23-year-old in his rookie season. The kid was a stunningly finished product for a 22nd-rounder, too, going 10-4 with a 2.20 ERA in 168 innings in his first full season in Greensboro back in 1992.

How is an arm like that still available with such a late pick? A polished lefty with a hellacious pickoff move who’d be big-league ready after four years of minor league seasons…yeah, any team in the game would’ve signed up for that. And this summer, if they find a similar arm, they’ll be able to. All it’ll take is a signature.