The Yankees added a familiar name to their 2026 MLB Draft class on Saturday, taking Luke Pettitte in the eighth round with pick No. 248.
Yes, that Luke Pettitte - the son of Andy Pettitte, one of the most clutch pitchers in baseball history during his time in pinstripes.
Luke’s path is just starting, and the Yankees are giving themselves options with him. They listed him as a two-way player, which doesn’t mean they expect him to become Shohei Ohtani. It does mean they’re willing to explore him on both sides of the game before settling on one direction.
He comes to the organization out of Dallas Baptist, a Division I program in Texas, and he throws right-handed, unlike his father.
"The son of five-time World Series champion Andy Pettitte, Luke was a prospect as right-handed pitcher with a quality mid-80s slider and a low-90s fastball," MLB.com's draft blurb writes. "He injured his elbow as a sophomore in 2025, leading to Tommy John surgery that kept him off the mound this spring. Dallas Baptist gave him at-bats as a DH and he responded by slashing .337/.403/.693 with 16 homers in 42 games."
That injury is the big question hanging over his future on the mound, so the Yankees will need to see how the arm comes back before making any firm call on his role.
What they do know is that Pettitte showed real value at the plate, too. If pitching takes longer to sort out, there’s at least evidence he can help as a hitter while the rehab plays out. And for the Yankees, there’s no denying the appeal of bringing Andy Pettitte’s son into the organization.
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