we just got barry zitto for 126 million buckerooos. is he worth it? what are ur thoughts.
2006-12-28 06:25:26 · 12 answers · asked by crobinson304 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
He is definitely worth it and we are not done yet.
2006-12-28 13:27:11 · answer #1 · answered by SF Giants 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he isn't worth it over the length of his contract. He will pitch better in the National League but he is suseptible to injury because of his high pitch counts.
There is benefit in signing Zito that it is an attempt to show future free agents that the Giants are trying to win after Bonds retires. If the Giants are not at least semi-competative in the next few years then they will have difficulty attracting future good players. Even this year, the Giants could not convince Pierre and Gonzalez to sign with them instead of the Dodgers. The only way they were able to sign Zito was to vastly overbid the Mets by $48 million who seemed to be the only other serious team. It will be harder and harder to attract premire players the more the Giants continue to slide farther down in the standings.
The Giants farm system is almost depleted and had only one player listed in the top 50 prospects on the official minor league site. What makes it worse is if they choose to use Lincecum as a reliever, which would lessen his impact. Unfortunately the Giants traded away Liriano, Bonzer and Nathan who along with Cain and Lowry would have made the young Giants pitching staff the best in baseball.
Also unfortunately this week for Giants fans, Baseball America ranked the Dodgers (#2), Rockies (#3) and Diamondbacks (#4)as three of the top four minor league organizations. So in the coming years, these three teams should be loaded. This did not include the Padres who did win the division last year.
If the Giants can't develop their own star players which it looks like the farm system can't, and if the Giants can't attract them as free agents as they couldn't do this year, they will be in big trouble.
Zito's signing is a drop in a bucket towards those goals.
2006-12-28 17:36:05 · answer #2 · answered by romanseight 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Tough one! He'll fill in well for Jason Schmidt, but they really should have spent more money on some offense. Barry will only be pitching every fifth day, and i'm not sure that thats worth 126 million. They should have probably picked up someon like Suppan or Ted Lilly, and then used the rest of money on a hitter.
2006-12-28 14:33:50 · answer #3 · answered by sean c 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Zito contract is absolutely the worst deal of the offseason. He doesn't throw even mid-90's, doesn't have a good second pitch after his curveball, and doesn't strike out anybody. Pitchers like that don't age well. I know starting pitching is hard to find, but Zito's getting the sixth-richest contract in baseball history. You can't tell me he's worth that kind of money.
Another thing to think about - here's a lefty (meaning he'll face a lot of right-handed batters) who relies on his breaking ball and can't miss bats. That means a lot of action for the left fielder, right? And who do the Giants have in left field? The corpse of Barry Bonds. Plus, Zito doesn't throw a lot of strikes, so he won't eat up as many innings as you'd expect for that kind of money.
A third thing: Each of Oakland's Big Three (Hudson, Mulder, Zito) starters threw a lot of innings early in their careers, and this year both Hudson and Mulder broke down. Zito's thrown 200+ IP each full year in the big leagues, and he's one year younger than the first two. Is it crazy to think the same will happen to Zito?
Three things that make this deal a little less terrible: 1)He's going to the NL, 2)He's going to a pretty big park, and 3)He won't have to be the Giants' #1 starter (Matt Cain). But they're still spending way too much money for an average #2 starter.
2006-12-28 15:03:40 · answer #4 · answered by K-Dawg 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No pitcher is worth that much unless he can win 21 games and loose 3 other than that it aint worth it
2007-01-01 00:58:31 · answer #5 · answered by Smooth Move EX-LAX 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is probably worth it. As long as your hitters can hit the ball this year.
2006-12-28 14:27:16 · answer #6 · answered by ebush73 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im no giants fan but im glad he went with a team that needs help.and not a team like the yankees,mets,white sox,boston, etc.
2006-12-28 14:47:43 · answer #7 · answered by Zatox 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
overall no
but in the first 3 years he will be worth but in the last four years he won't be worth it.
2006-12-28 15:35:46 · answer #8 · answered by joshb2k4 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
worth every penny.... I'm not paying his salary plus the giants could use the help.
2006-12-28 18:09:51 · answer #9 · answered by m.v 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not paying his salary, so yes he is worth it!!! They'll win more games with him, then without him!!!!
2006-12-28 19:25:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋