jwharris_95758
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The Giants are paying Zito 126 Million over 7 years. The should trade him right now telling another team they will pick up half of his salary. Then take the 60 million they will save and lock up Tim Lincecum and Johnathon Sanches long term.
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jwharris_95758 wrote:The Giants are paying Zito 126 Million over 7 years. The should trade him right now telling another team they will pick up half of his salary. Then take the 60 million they will save and lock up Tim Lincecum and Johnathon Sanches long term. Which team would be that stupid to take the deal? The Giants overpaid for him even if he won 15-20 games a year for the life of the contract. They figured he would be the replacement star for Barry Bonds. They figured wrong.
Billy Beane is one of the best judges of talent in MLB. He has a plan and follows through with it. The A's minor league system is the model for every other team to follow. There is a reason behind everything he does--and he seems to do it well. The time to trade players is just before their performance starts to drop off, not after it starts.
I'm a life-long Giants fan--so I'm jealous of the A's. It pains me to see the Giants draft pitchers and then trade them for position players. It is a plan that hasn't worked. So why they continue to do just that is beyond me.
The Giants are stuck with Zito--so we'll just have to get used to having him on the team. Either that, or we release him. The new team will get him for the minimum, and the Giants will have to pick up the balance of his contract.
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The Mad Norsky
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He's almost got to have arm/shoulder/elbow (take your pick, they're all bad) problems.
Baseball Tonight folks are saying his velocity is way down from previous years.
But, look on the bright side. At least they didn't waste more money by signing Andruw Jones in the off season. The Dodgers are going to learn last year was not a fluke. I'm sorry to say this, because I'm a life long Braves fan. But his best years are behind him.
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jahapp
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From an avid A's fan: Zito's got the best hook in baseball, but if the umpires don't call it a strike, he is sol.
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Mandrake
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.....sure, NOW you say that. When these guys were signed, y'all were grinnin' like pigs in poop...........he he he
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Mandrake wrote:.....sure, NOW you say that. When these guys were signed, y'all were grinnin' like pigs in poop...........he he he I wasn't grinnin' 
IIRC, Zito was being courted by the Mets for a 6-year, $90 million deal. The Giants stepped in and signed him for 7 years and $30+ million more. They overpaid by a bunch of $$--Giants owner Peter Magowan got involved in the negotiations, instead of leaving it to the baseball folks.
The deal didn't make sense then, and it looks really dumb now.
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jwharris_95758
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The Yankees are so desparate for pitching they might take him. Besides maybe he needs to go back to the American League.
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sher9570
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jwharris_95758 wrote:The Yankees are so desparate for pitching they might take him. Besides maybe he needs to go back to the American League.
No thanks, we don't need him, we'll muddle through and develop the young talent they have from their farm system.
I'm prepared for this to be a so-so year but if it accomplishes their goals so be it, gotta look to the future at some point.
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The moment I heard about the deal, my reaction was "they're paying him HOW MUCH fot HOW long?!?!"
On a semi-related note, Jon Lester just shut out Toronto for 8 innings.
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The Brewers might give you Eric Gagne for him...
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