Zito to Giants

Interesting article in one of the NY papers this week about how poorly Zito has historically pitched against the Yankees, Red Sox and recently against the Blue Jays. One reason the Yankees didn't pursue him that hard, aside from money, was his weak performances against the Red Sox.

 

Are you willing to open the season with two 40-year-olds, a guy who has yet to spend one full season in the bigs (John Maine), a rookie (presumably Pelfrey) and a guy who was so awful last year the Pirates sent him to the minor leagues (Oliver Perez)?

That's an awfully thin and awfully old/young rotation. Yeah, Maine and Perez were great in the playoffs, but so were Chad Ogea and Jaret Wright in 1997.

The Mets' best chance to win the World Series was this year. My...heart...breaks.

 

yeah, like when greg maddux jumped to the braves.

 

I was out in SF earlier this month. The Chronicle reported that the Giants had offered Zito six years, $100 million during the Winter Meetings.

I never thought he was going to leave the Bay Area. He's seems really comfortable there, and I'm not sure he'd be all that happy in a bigger market (NY, Boston, Chicago).

 

the dog's right -- former cubs are worth more than current cubs

 

If the Yankees offered him, say, $200 million, I think he would have done his best to be plenty comfortable. The bottom line, as always, is the bottom line - he took the best deal offered to him.

 

I'd rather pay $126 mil for Zito than $55 mil for Gil Meche or $42 million for Jeff Suppan...

The Giants are going to try to make a serious run in 2007.

 

Wins and losses don't mean all that much.

See: http://www.baseballexaminer.com/statoftheweek/12-15-06.htm

 

bingo.

 

I think he'd try to be comfortable, but I'm not sure he's a guy that'd like dealing with the increased media and fan scrutiny in New York or Boston or Chicago. In SF, he can have shit starts and not much will be said. Two or three shit starts in a row in NY, and there will be whispers that he's a bust.

 

Good one.

 

If I paid $126 mil for a pitcher, I'd hope he would scare people. Santana, now, or Pedro, then. Zito is good and durable, but he walks a bunch of guys, falls behind in the count and hopes eager batters roll over on his curve. He likely will do well at the outset switching leagues, but as his fastball falls below 85, I don't see this being a stud signing by 2010.