Zito

[irishdude103]

Anyone have have some stat predictions?

[hooligan1]

He's proven to be just above a .500 pitcher the past few years, and I think that unless the A's make a dramatic offensive upgrade, you can figure on him being roughly the same again.

I'd say: 15-12, 220 IP, 3.60 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 165 K's.......

Pretty decent. I'm targeting him in the middle rounds and hoping my league-mates have grown cold on him.......

[sportsjerk]

I'd say: 15-12, 220 IP, 3.60 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 165 K's.......

I agree, with no major offensive weapons to produce run support, Zito is gonna be a solid pitcher with mediocre wins.

[Half Massed]

I'd wait to see how the offseason develops before predicting mediocrity for Zito. He really figured it out last year after adding the slider and such and getting confidence in his pitches and himself. He had a very nice second half and if the A's get a slugger in the offseason, I think he'll do very well. I'm not necessarily predicting a return to 2002, but I think he'll be a good number 2 pitcher on all but the shallowest fantasy staffs next year.

[BritSox]

All of which is assuming they don't trade him FOR that hitting...

[Music2004Man]

With all of the A's young pitching waiting in the wings I would bet that they do trade him for a bat.

[pokerplaya]

He's proven to be just above a .500 pitcher the past few years, and I think that unless the A's make a dramatic offensive upgrade, you can figure on him being roughly the same again.

I'd say: 15-12, 220 IP, 3.60 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 165 K's.......

Pretty decent. I'm targeting him in the middle rounds and hoping my league-mates have grown cold on him.......

Reasonable numbers, and that is roughly where I'd expect him to picth next year.

[raiders_umpire]

He's proven to be just above a .500 pitcher the past few years, and I think that unless the A's make a dramatic offensive upgrade, you can figure on him being roughly the same again.

I'd say: 15-12, 220 IP, 3.60 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 165 K's.......

Pretty decent. I'm targeting him in the middle rounds and hoping my league-mates have grown cold on him.......

those numbers look good to me.... i think he will be a solid #3 or #4 fantasy pitcher next year....

[irishdude103]

well he is my 4th going into the draft so that should be ok.

[SaintsOfTheDiamond]

He's a good roto guy because at the end of the year he'll have his typically 3-4ish starter-typeline, but I wouldn't want him in H2H unless I really liked the matchup because he has a tendency to blow up sometimes, especially early on and against the better hitting teams (mainly TEX).