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12/28: Zito Signs With Giants

Posted by: James

It looks like Barry Zito is off the table as ESPN's Peter Gammons is reporting that Zito has agreed to a seven-year contract from the Giants.

The $126 million deal averages approximately $18 million per season.
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The deal, agreed to late Wednesday night, includes an $18 million option for 2014 that could increase the value to $144 million, an unidentified source told The Associated Press.
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In addition, sources told Gammons that the Yankees never made a formal offer.

Wow. I was surprised by the money being thrown around and now, I've gotten to the point where I'm just dumbfounded. That's a lot of money for Zito and not only that, it's a ton of years. Heck of a risk the Giants are taking, don't you think?

Comments

Mike A. wrote:

And just the think, the Giants' average age now is like, 45.

12/28 13:50:18

Golden wrote:

As much as we could have used him in the rotation...Zito is NOT worth taht kinda money in my opinion! Now the question is - do the Yanks continue to shop RJ? Young arms would be nice for the 2008 and forward seasons....but we need someone to eat innings and get the 17 wins he was able to muster last year.
Who else is out there that can pitch in the NY fish bowl now that Zito is out of the picture?

12/28 21:02:22

Richard A. Holland wrote:

Golden:
I agree with the concern in your post and posted as much in a different 'thread' regarding Randy Johnson. The answers to that post didn't resolve my concern. Like you, I don't find 17 wins by one pitcher that easy to duplicate even with our stellar offense.

I don't blame the Yankees for not being interested in Zito for years/money he received. Both are excessive. Clemens to replace Johnson would be OK w/ me, but Clemens hasn't signed w/ us yet, and until he does, I don't count on him for ANY of those 17 wins.

Lastly, I don't see any 'gem' among the remaining free agent pitchers. That is why I presented my concern about Johnson being traded.

Thoughts?

01/02 15:10:02

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