Zito the Giant

Ok, no sooner had I posted the bit about the wisdom of Barry Zito joining the Yankees then he goes ahead and signs a 7-year, $126 million deal with the San Francisco Giants. Good for him. I suppose that trading Randy Johnson and NOT getting Barry Zito is even better for the Yankees- from the Red Sox perspective, of course.

As for the Giants- how does Brian Sabean keep his job? They certainly needed a front-line pitcher after losing Jason Schmidt to the Dodgers, and Zito's numbers should be a little better in the NL (especially against the NL West), but how do you justify spending that money on that pitcher? It wasn't too terribly long ago that ol' Sabes had pitchers in his organization named Francisco Liriano and Boof Bonser. He traded them both, PLUS Joe Nathan to the Twins for...wait for it...A.J. Pierzynski. I know the Sox are looking foolish right now for getting rid of Hanley Ramirez, but at least we've got Josh Beckett locked up for a few years. A.J. is with the White Sox.

At any rate, I hope Barry's happy across the Bay Bridge. That's one fewer slightly-above average pitcher the Sox won't have to face twice a year.