Zito to keep pitching through his downturn

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My Sports Rumors found this 4/24/2008 on www.sfgate.com [flag]
(04-24) 04:00 PDT San Diego -- So what do the Giants do with Barry Zito ? Have him skip a start to clear his mind and work out the kinks on the side? Make him a long reliever? Or keep throwing him out there every five days and hope he finally clicks? Looks like it is going to be option three. Two years ago, the team had a struggling Matt Cain miss one start in mid-May to regroup. When he ... [link]

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Whats wrong with Zito?
Published 4/24/2008 by Administrator at My Sports Rumors
... The San Francisco Chronicle, threw out ideas such as skipping one start, long relief, etc. Righetti flatly threw all of those options out of the window, “No, because who the hell is going to pitch? We’re not that deep in starting pitching. Noah Lowry is hurting now and we’re not that deep in Triple-A. We need (Zito) to pitch.” The Chronicle did bring up a good point thou, Matt Cain was skipped in a start because of struggles, two years ago, since then he’s been one of the better but unluckiest pitchers in baseball. ...

Giants Won't Skip Zito
Published 4/24/2008 by Eli at MLB Rumors
... The Giants have failed to add depth via minor trades and the draft and it is starting to catch up to them. Barry Zito is 0-5 with a 5.61 ERA with only 10 strikeouts this season, and many are saying they should move him to the bullpen. Zito was never on a team with solid run support, so he always racked up in decisions leading to high loss totals. However, now that he is in San Francisco where offensive support is worse than ever, he is struggling to get wins. The six straight years of two hundred innings or more is starting to catch up to him too, and you would think they would ...

NL Best? More Like NL Yecchh: The State of the West
Published 4/24/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... Least surprising on this list would be the lack of competitiveness from the Giants. While they are barely scraping together three runs scored per game, the pitching staff has suffered injuries and even worse, is suffering Barry Zito. Would the Giants consider giving the lefty with an 0-5 record and a 5.61 ERA a couple weeks to regroup? They did it last year with Matt Cain and it worked out well: ...

Baseball Today: Friday, April 25
Published 4/25/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... (Wisconsin State Journal) . . . Dave Roberts, who'll be out three months because of knee surgery, says he knows he may have lost his job to Fred Lewis but he understands that's how it goes (San Francisco Chronicle) . . . Justin Duchscherer ...