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Maybe Barry Zito can still pitch?

By john • May 26th, 2008 • Category: barry zito, major leagues, san fransisco giants

It appears Barry Zito can still pitch. That or he got lucky his last four starts in which he posted just a 3.22 ERA.
Zito of course is just 1-2 during that span but has not allowed more then three runs in any of those starts, and in that game he got a no decision leaving [...]



Zito avoids 0-8 start, actually has quality start

By john • May 12th, 2008 • Category: barry zito, houston astros, mike martoh, san fransisco giants

I suppose all good things must come to an end some time and that includes the insanity surrounding Barry Zito and his 0-7 start this season. Tonight Zito took a 3-0 lead into the sixth before singles and eventually a Lancer Berkman home run tied up the game.
Zito who signed an 7 year $126 million [...]



Baseball’s Signs of Panic

By john • May 10th, 2008 • Category: barry zito, frank thomas, major leagues, matt morris, richie sexson, shawn estes

With almost 40 games down the baseball season is rapidly approaching the panic crunch. Teams will have to decide whether they will continue and try to win their division or start to face the reality that they just weren’t very good this season.
Players on the other hand are trying to figure out why their just [...]



Barry Zito has a Giant contact as a reliever

By john • Apr 28th, 2008 • Category: barry zito

The San Jose Mercury News reports that Barry Zito could be headed to the bullpen. Zito is owed $112.5 million over the next six years.
Zito is 0-6 with a 7.53 ERA this season. It wasn’t necessarily if Zito would be moved to the pen but when. He’s allowed three or more runs in five of [...]



Two lefties revisited

By john • Dec 26th, 2007 • Category: barry zito, mark buehrle

Last March I wondered why the San Fransisco Giants would give Barry Zito so much money. After all Zito hadn’t exactly blown the league away like it was predicted he would when he came up and after his 2002 Cy Young award has been almost non-existent when he comes to talk of top pitchers. I [...]



Comparing two lefties

By john • Mar 26th, 2007 • Category: barry zito, comparisons, mark buehrle

I was looking thru the active leader boards over at baseball-reference today and I couldn’t help but notice how similar two pitchers are.
Both of these men have come from pitching deep teams the last few seasons. One man was a free agent this off season the other to be this coming off season.
Age [...]