Monday, April 28, 2008

Zito ... ?

Regardless of how exciting Fred Lewis is to watch, the topic of conversation amongst Giants fans today is undoubtedly Barry Zito. Or more specifically, like we asked last week, what do we do with Zito. Much has been made about Giants fans booing the pitcher, but yesterday - with the bases loaded in the first - the crowd was behind Zito trying to will him to success. It was actually a nice moment. These fans will be polite, but - with a record at 0-6 and nothing positive to take from it, everyone is wondering what to do with this guy.

"We're going to get together here," said Bruce Bochy of a meeting that will take place with Brian Sabean and Peter McGowan. "We've got to do something different. There's no doubt about that. We can't keep doing what we're doing. We need to get together and get a game plan on what we think is best." The bullpen is an option.

I am listening to Gary Radnich on KNBR, and an astrologist named Andrea just called in to let us know that Zito is in a bad astrological cycle right now. He will snap out of it, though, he says.

"Obviously it's hurting the team right now," Zito said. "It's not a good place to be personally, but those guys make the decisions and we always trust what they want us to do. They know how to manage teams and ballclubs. I've brought it on myself. It's not that they're acting rash in a situation that wouldn't call for it."

Zito got rocked yesterday in the Giants 10-1 loss to Cincinnati yesterday. The defense wasn't great behind him and the offense there, but Zito wasn't fooling anybody. I feel like his issues are mostly centered around confidence, but I don't know how he can snap out of it.

What do you think?

The Splash is asking the same question, while also calling him, "Just Awful."

Tim Kawakami calls him the "new Matt Morris."

Giants Win says this is "As ugly as it gets."

Bay City Ball gives many reasons not to be optimistic.

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Blogger Charlie said...

Buster Olney said this about Zito today: "For now, in a lost season, I don't think they really have any choice but to keep running him out there and hoping that something clicks. You can't bury Zito 18 months into a seven-year contract. If he needs to learn to pitch with diminished stuff, the only way he can do that is to pitch. And with the Giants not expected to contend this year, they might as well do that now."

April 28, 2008 at 11:29 AM  

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