vashti1999
12-28-2006, 02:05 PM
Mets better try to get Dontrelle in a trade
Free-agent left-hander Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a seven-year, $126 million contract, according to baseball officials.
Zito, the 2002 American League Cy Young Award winner with the Oakland Athletics, considered offers by the New York Mets, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners before relocating across the Bay.
Zito -- who resides in San Francisco -- has pitched for the Oakland Athletics his entire career and has chosen to remain on the West Coast. The Mets, Mariners, Angels and the Yankees were all interested in Zito.
According to The Associated Press, Zito will receive the largest contract for a pitcher in baseball history, a $126 million, seven-year deal.
Zito's agreement, reached late Wednesday night, includes an $18 million option for 2014 that could increase the value to $144 million. Zito must pass a physical for the contract to be finalized.
Zito's deal ties for the sixth largest overall, matching the seven-year, $126 million extension agreed to this month by Toronto and center fielder Vernon Wells. Previously, the largest contract for a pitcher was Mike Hampton's $121 million, eight-year deal with the Colorado Rockies before the 2001 season.
Free-agent left-hander Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a seven-year, $126 million contract, according to baseball officials.
Zito, the 2002 American League Cy Young Award winner with the Oakland Athletics, considered offers by the New York Mets, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners before relocating across the Bay.
Zito -- who resides in San Francisco -- has pitched for the Oakland Athletics his entire career and has chosen to remain on the West Coast. The Mets, Mariners, Angels and the Yankees were all interested in Zito.
According to The Associated Press, Zito will receive the largest contract for a pitcher in baseball history, a $126 million, seven-year deal.
Zito's agreement, reached late Wednesday night, includes an $18 million option for 2014 that could increase the value to $144 million. Zito must pass a physical for the contract to be finalized.
Zito's deal ties for the sixth largest overall, matching the seven-year, $126 million extension agreed to this month by Toronto and center fielder Vernon Wells. Previously, the largest contract for a pitcher was Mike Hampton's $121 million, eight-year deal with the Colorado Rockies before the 2001 season.