Comments on: Zito to the Mets? http://www.baseballfiles.com/player-acquisitions/zito-to-the-mets/ Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:32:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Sam Stevens http://www.baseballfiles.com/player-acquisitions/zito-to-the-mets/#comment-4 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:58:14 +0000 http://www.baseballfiles.com/player-acquisitions/zito-to-the-mets/#comment-4 Zito had a better year in 2005 than he did in 2004. Last year, he managed to notch an ERA of 3.86, walked 89 and stuckout 171 over 228.3 innings piched. He earned a record of 14-13. His best full year was 2002, when he walked 78 and struckout 182 over 229.3 innings, and wound up with a decent (!) record of 23-5 with a 2.75 ERA. Not surprisingly, he won the AL Cy Young that year. At least some of Zito's reputation as a "headcase" stems from his spiritual leanings, so I won't fault him for that. I haven't followed him closely off the field, so I'm not aware of other "quirks" to his personality. Wherever he lands, I think Zito will pitch quality starts and will be an asset to any starting rotation. His W-L record has deteriorated since his best season, but he can still eat 200+ innings. For an interesting comparision, have a look at Zito's stats and compare them to the ace of the Nationals' staff, Livan Hernandez. If I were Bowden, I'd try to add Zito to the Nats! http://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zitoba01.shtml http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernali01.shtml As for Minaya, he does make good moves, but there's sometimes a catch: he tends to dramatically deplete the farm system. I suppose if *your* contract is 3-4 years, your plans to improve a team must come to fruition during that term. It doesn't necessarily mean that those plans are good for the long term development of the team. He gets big props from me though for signing Delgado! Zito had a better year in 2005 than he did in 2004. Last year, he managed to notch an ERA of 3.86, walked 89 and stuckout 171 over 228.3 innings piched. He earned a record of 14-13. His best full year was 2002, when he walked 78 and struckout 182 over 229.3 innings, and wound up with a decent (!) record of 23-5 with a 2.75 ERA. Not surprisingly, he won the AL Cy Young that year.

At least some of Zito's reputation as a "headcase" stems from his spiritual leanings, so I won't fault him for that. I haven't followed him closely off the field, so I'm not aware of other "quirks" to his personality.

Wherever he lands, I think Zito will pitch quality starts and will be an asset to any starting rotation. His W-L record has deteriorated since his best season, but he can still eat 200+ innings.

For an interesting comparision, have a look at Zito's stats and compare them to the ace of the Nationals' staff, Livan Hernandez. If I were Bowden, I'd try to add Zito to the Nats!

http://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zitoba01.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernali01.shtml

As for Minaya, he does make good moves, but there's sometimes a catch: he tends to dramatically deplete the farm system. I suppose if *your* contract is 3-4 years, your plans to improve a team must come to fruition during that term. It doesn't necessarily mean that those plans are good for the long term development of the team. He gets big props from me though for signing Delgado!

]]> by: rick http://www.baseballfiles.com/player-acquisitions/zito-to-the-mets/#comment-3 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 04:01:47 +0000 http://www.baseballfiles.com/player-acquisitions/zito-to-the-mets/#comment-3 Sam, didn't Zito have a really pathetic year last year? I seem to remember having him in some of my fantasy leagues and he was stinking up my teams (maybe he rebounded in the 2nd half?) I think Minaya has done a good job so far (he always does, I think) but Zito has sort of a reputation as a head-case. Do the Mets need one of those? Sam, didn't Zito have a really pathetic year last year? I seem to remember having him in some of my fantasy leagues and he was stinking up my teams (maybe he rebounded in the 2nd half?) I think Minaya has done a good job so far (he always does, I think) but Zito has sort of a reputation as a head-case. Do the Mets need one of those?

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