Zito’s got a new delivery, a new locker and the same outlook on life. Call it mystical, philosophical, spacey even, but Zito has a way of looking at the world that’s unique among professional baseball players. From Andrew Baggarly: Zito’s mentality has...

That's a tough road. The talent he brings makes us a better club.” Not to mention all the other intangibles. “Buster's the core of this team just because he's on both sides, offense and defense. He's our leader,” left-hander Barry Zito said. “It's good...

"It's disappointing because I know how hard I worked all offseason to get ready," he said. "I'm going to take it easy for a while and make sure I'm healthy before I get going again." The newest Zito: Barry Zito 's struggles have forced him to reinvent...

Ariz. "It's just getting my body going toward the target, working off of something that isn't flat ground," he said. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. "I'm just trying to get late movement," said Zito, who altered his delivery as Spring Training began in 2007 but...

And Beane, really, didn’t orchestrate that success with a number of genius moves that revolutionized the game based on number crunching. This is why the A’s of the early 2000s were successful: n They had the best starting pitching in baseball with Mark...

You could go down multiple avenues with this “worst-case scenario,” so I’m going to try and be as realistic as possible, and not say something like, “The Giants go 30-132 with Barry Zito starting every game after trading every pitcher to rebuild the...

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In addition, the day he steps on the field at Scottsdale Ortiz will also deliver a full five-fingered energy goose to Barry Zito. Zito is a fierce competitor and the Giants no doubt hope the sight of Ortiz lurking around the Gatorade dispenser...

Instead, he misses it, and the Giants are 86 percent likely to win the game. The game’s not over, but, you know. Here’s the other thing about that home run: We go to the bottom half of the first. Barry Zito has a five-run lead. Barry Zito walks the...

Zito got paid $18.5 million last year and produced -0.4 Wins Above Replacement. You and I checked in at about 0 WAR — and by staying off the field, we out-produced Zito. I don’t know about you, but my paycheck didn’t look anything like Zito’s last year.

And with the end of every offseason comes a flood of winners and losers lists. But as Dave Cameron of Fangraphs mentioned earlier this week, there weren’t any jaw-droppingly stupid “Barry Zito” signings to comment on. (In three years, though, it’s...

A team-by-team look at the National League entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the full squad: EAST Philadelphia Phillies Manager: Charlie Manuel...

He lowered his ERA to 3.99, good enough for a 114 ERA+. Unfortunately, that was the last season in which he pitched more than 150 innings. A litany of injuries besieged this promising young pitcher. On his way to being an ace in a rotation that...

They should’ve included him in the deal for Pineda. He might thrive (well, not die) in Safeco, and the fanbase that hated to see Montero go might feel a little better if Burnett went with him Except seattle has no use for Burnett, even at a huge...

Click here to view comments in a non-threaded output. Major League teams are getting smarter. In prior years, we would have had easy pickings like the Barry Zito contract, the Carlos Lee signing, and even last year’s Vernon Wells acquisition. This...

Shelby Miller in the wings. San Francisco Giants : Nothing's changed here — Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain and an emerging Madison Bumgarner could be on the verge of becoming the game's new top trio. But Ryan Vogelsong won't sneak up on anybody this season,...

MRP among all pitchers in MLB was Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants at $19.01 million (Bradbury, 2011). In comparison in 2009 Alex Rodriguez’s MRP was $9.55 million while his salary was $33 million, thus his performance did not equal how much he...

Right now, I can't wait for Brown to come up this year for a cup o' joe, and I'm looking forward to him starting next season. Let's all pull up a chair and see how that gets screwed up. Andrew Baggarly extrabaggs Brian Sabean said No.5 starter role is...

That would be dumb. Carter Jurica! "Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?" Giants Baseball: That would be dumb Cash rules everything around me C.R.E.A.M. Get the money Dollar dollar bill y'all I know I...