Here is a portion of Jayson Stark's article that was published yesterday (4/12/07) on ESPN.com. The full article can be seen here.
The article is talking about how's and why's about the Giants horrible. Reason #3 belongs to Barry Zito (SP for the FKAky). The article made me chuckle and hopefully it will light a fire underneath Barry's feet.
Problem No. 3: The ace
Granted, it's a little early to pronounce judgment on Barry Zito's mind-warping seven-year, $126 million jackpot. But in Zito's first start, he got just six swings and misses in 86 pitches. In his second start, it was only seven swings and misses in 100 pitches. Which might explain why one scout said this week: "Barry Zito was the single worst signing of the winter. He's just not a top-of-the-rotation guy anymore."
There ought to be enough starting pitching here to prevent this season from gurgling totally down the plumbing system. But we're so used to this team finding a way to contend, it was startling to hear one AL executive say this week: "Outside of a couple of pitchers, there's not much I like about the Giants."
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