Yankees place Andy Pettitte on 15-day DL

Forced from his Thursday night start with a left trapezius injury, Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte was placed on the 15-day disabled list. While the ailment isn't believed to be serious, the team decided to take no chances with their prized veteran left-hander.

"This is the safe play, thankfully it's minor," said Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. "I would rather resolve this and give it the time."

Pettitte is 4-3 with a 3.83 ERA in eight starts in this his second season since coming out of retirement.  He believes he'll be back in the rotation when the 15 days are up.

"I understand," Pettitte said. "They don't want to send me out there in Baltimore Tuesday and start warming up and have it lock up."

In Pettitte's place will be Vidal Nuno, who emerged as a pleasant surprise during spring training and pitched five scoreless innings of a spot start in the second game of a doubleheader Monday in Cleveland.

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