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[The Orange Country Register] - Will Lackey get top pitching dollars?

BILL PLUNKETT — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:28:45 GMT

... between but blunders seem to live on forever – yeah, we're talking about you Barry Zito and Mike Hampton. Here's a look at how the Angels have spent some of their p ...

[NBC Sports: Circling the Bases] - Free Agency Preview: Starting pitchers

Matthew Pouliot — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:51:03 GMT

... r out in front of the rest of the options might cause some club to offer him Barry Zito money. Zito, though, entered free agency having thrown at least 210 innings ...

[desipio.com] - Hendry’s drunk again

Andy Dolan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:00:37 GMT

... e him an extra year and $17 million extra. As bad as the Alfonso Soriano and Barry Zito contracts are, other teams were making long-term, big money offers when the ...

[Purple Row] - Gold Glove Fielding: Yet another reason why Ubaldo Jimenez is awesome

RockiesMagicNumber — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:43:09 GMT

... 18.12% of balls put into play on the ground. Ubaldo trails him, followed by Barry Zito (SFG), Kenshin Kawakami (ATL), and Johan Santana (NYM). The bottom 5 in term ...

[MLB - Giants] - Giants to show patience with free agency

Chris Haft — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:06:02 GMT

... e Giants from being able to afford either Holliday or Jason Bay. Left-hander Barry Zito is owed $76 million over the next four years and Rowand is due $12 million i ...

[New York Post] - Matsui, Damon, Pettitte set to hit open market

GEORGE A. KING III — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:47:09 GMT

... An agent who doesn’t represent Lackey said the right-hander could command a Barry Zito-like deal. Zito signed a seven-year, $126 million deal before the 2007 seaso ...

[MLB - Mets] - Mets ready to shop, spend on open market

Marty Noble — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:09:04 GMT

... ampton, 2000) or some acquired apprehension about big city newspapering (see Barry Zito, 2007), money is the currency of the hour. So even if the Mets don't sign Ho ...

[NBC Sports: Circling the Bases] - Greinke in great company with Cy Young at 25

Aaron Gleeman — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:12:12 GMT

... Dwight Gooden 1277 75 66 .532 99 0 0 Bret Saberhagen 1234 75 56 .573 123 0 1 Barry Zito 1231 72 77 .483 103 0 0 Johan Santana 1085 79 42 .653 148 1 3 * ERA+ stands ...

[Brew Crew Ball] - Wednesday's Frosty Mug

KLSnow — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:09:44 GMT

... Joel Pineiro (P - STL) , Eric Gagne (P - MIL) , Gary Sheffield (LF - NYM) , Barry Zito (P - SFG) , Edwin Jackson (P - DET) , Conor Jackson (LF - ARI) , Adam Heethe ...

[Amazin' Avenue] - Jauss Applesauce - Mets go with Jauss as bench coach, Backman seems like shadow manager, Marquis and Mets are "perfect fit"

Joe Budd — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:02:43 GMT

... a window to negotiate a contract extension . John Lackey is hoping to land a Barry Zito level contract . Oh my. Sandy Alomar Jr. is leaving the Met system to return ...

[The Kansas City Star] - A look at Cy Young winners in or before their age-25 seasons

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:12:26 GMT

... . Tim Lincecum (24), 2008 Johan Santana (25), 2004 Roger Clemens (23), 1986 Barry Zito (24), 2002 Pedro Martinez (25), 1997 Tom Glavine (25), 1991 Bret Saberhagen ...

[FanGraphs] - R-Squared Fun with BB% and SO%

R.J. Anderson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:05:25 GMT

... Verlander again excels at something good and saw his walk rate decline 3.5%; Barry Zito and Ubaldo Jimenez saw 2.6% drops; Ted Lilly and Ubaldo Jimenez round out th ...

[McCovey Chronicles] - A Note on the Giants' Offseason Plans

Grant — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:02:06 GMT

... de with little upside, or they’re far too expensive for a team trying to pay Barry Zito and Aaron Rowand. Maybe there’s another way. Hmm. Yeah, it doesn’t make sens ...

[Sliding Into Home] - Some Rumors From George King

Greg Cohen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:55:14 GMT

... agent speculated that Lackey could get a deal like the seven-year, $126 deal Barry Zito got in 2007. If that's the case there's no way the Yanks will do that. He me ...

[MLB Trade Rumors] - Yankees Rumors: Mitre, Payroll, Lackey, Sheets

Mike Axisa — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:40:28 GMT

... he Yankees. An agent (not Lackey's) thinks righty can land a deal similar to Barry Zito 's seven year, $126MM contract. An industry source says "Everybody seems to ...