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Civardi said 06/03, 07:12 PM
Ill go with Mike Hampton

First off unlike Zito, Hampton has only pitched in three of his seven years of his contract. I mean in the four years Hampton hasent even pitched he'll end up making just under 65 million dollars for sitting on his coach watching the days go by. On the other hand at least Zito will pitch,the Giants will use him as a bench warmer or send him into the minors where he will be a starter or something but Hampton is useless and has cost the Braves over 100 MILLION dollars for only three years of being on there team making his contract way worse then Zito's

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Civardi said 06/04, 05:23 PM
Barry Zito was the ace of the A's one of the giants biggest rivals,they saw him as a way to get back at the a's since he was there best starter and had even won a cy young award.Back then Zito was considered one of the top pitchers in the game and the year before they signed him he went 16-10 with an era of 3.83. Zito was one of the best pitchers in the game and many teams tried to sign him including the yanks,mets and a few others. Plus even with a bad season this year Zito's numbers are as fallows

114-85
a career era of 3.75
1.28 whip
.237 average of opposing hitters

Just look at those numbers,before he signed with the Giants almost all the stats were better and with a cy young already to his name and only being 28 years old what wasent there to like about Zito,it made perfect sense while when the Braves signed Hampton the year before batter hit .313 against him and he went 7-15. Why woulf they ever hand out that much money to a hot and cold guy?It makes no sense at all making the Braves move of Hampton a lot worse

Hampton will have made over 103 million for only three years of pitching for the braves,thats arod;s numbers but for Mike Hampton come on

Civardi said 06/06, 03:21 PM
"Zito has never gone farther than 6.1 innings pitched this year"

So what I would rather have a guy who pitches 6 innings then one that has spent the last three years on the DL and has made 65 million dollars in that span

"He had lived up to expectations as well pitching very well for the braves when he was healthy"

Hampton had an era of 4.28 and let more batters on base then Zito did last year. You rip Zito way to uch for his era,yes this year its high but last year it was only 4.53 which was fairly high considering hiiters only had an average od .244 better then any of Mikes years as a Brave.

"Zito even when healthy has been horrible"

Last year he was healthy and look at the numbers,hitters only hit .244 against him and his era 4.53 didnt show what he really did

In all Hampton's deal was the worst in history because of him making over 103 million for only three season's and much more as I stated before