I have a keeper decision to make in my 12-team NL-Only 4x4 (K's instead of WHIP) - Barry Zito at $2. Last year, save for a brutal August, he was pretty much the league average Barry Zito we've seen since Cy Young contender Barry Zito vanished after the 2003 season. Easily worth $2 in my league's format. And especially in an auction where starting pitching will be very thin.
So I thought I had an easy keep decision on the unsexy Zito. But I'm not sure what to believe out of the Giants' Spring Training camp. He's out of shape. He's a head case. He's fallen out of favor with the organization. He's fallen out of favor with Bruce Bochy. The fans have turned on him. He's going to be released. He's going to be traded. He's going to be demoted to the bullpen.
So, Fresno Bob, JudeBaldo, The Dane, anybody - where does Barry Zito really stand with The Giants? They can't possibly be seriously considering eating that contract, or handing him the mop, can they? Is there any legitimate reason to think he won't go out there and post 190 innings of his typical mediocrity and earn his $2 on my fantasy team?
So I thought I had an easy keep decision on the unsexy Zito. But I'm not sure what to believe out of the Giants' Spring Training camp. He's out of shape. He's a head case. He's fallen out of favor with the organization. He's fallen out of favor with Bruce Bochy. The fans have turned on him. He's going to be released. He's going to be traded. He's going to be demoted to the bullpen.
So, Fresno Bob, JudeBaldo, The Dane, anybody - where does Barry Zito really stand with The Giants? They can't possibly be seriously considering eating that contract, or handing him the mop, can they? Is there any legitimate reason to think he won't go out there and post 190 innings of his typical mediocrity and earn his $2 on my fantasy team?
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