Instead, the Yankee GM departed Las Vegas early Thursday morning to fly to Texas for a sit-down with Andy Pettitte — a story The New York Post broke exclusively on nypost.com.

Cashman was expected to deliver the following message to Pettitte:

We have signed CC Sabathia. We are about to sign A.J. Burnett. We already have Chien-Ming Wang and Joba Chamberlain.

So that leaves just one rotation spot — and it's time you take our contract offer or we're prepared to fill that spot with someone else and close the door on you.

The Yankees are offering the 36-year-old Pettitte $10 million for 2009. He made $16 million last year, when he went 14-14, and he does not want a pay cut. However, the Yankees are insistent that he now is more of a No. 4 or 5 starter.

One team executive said recently that, "In the real world, Andy is probably now an $8 million a year pitcher at most. We are willing to pay $2 million more because we love him, because he is a Yankee and we want it to stay that way."

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Report: Yankees pushing Pettitte for a decision
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