The Resurrection of Barry Zito

It has only taken him 83 starts, but Barry Zito is finally starting to pitch like the pitcher the San Francisco Giants thought he was when they signed him to a seven-year, $126 million contract in 2007.

In case you haven’t noticed, Zito is one of the hottest pitchers in baseball.

In his first 18 starts of the season, it was more of the same mediocre pitching from Zito. He was 5-9 with a 5.01 ERA and was giving up roughly a hit per inning. By sending Zito out there every fifth day, the Giants were trying to piss into a Mr. Coffee and expecting to get Taster’s Choice.

It just wasn’t going to happen.

However, since the All-Star break, Zito has pitched like it is 2002 all over again (the year he won the AL Cy Young). In his last nine starts...

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