tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post116735924651263955..comments2007-02-28T05:08:43.942-05:00dakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-1167424156857989102006-12-29T15:29:00.000-05:002006-12-29T15:29:00.000-05:00An e-mail from Brisco County notes that Zito ranked 13th among MLB starters in VORP last year -- certainly a better metric than ERA+. <BR/><BR/>And that certainly makes him look more like a 1 or a 2 than a 3.08.dakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-1167368845651913632006-12-29T00:07:00.000-05:002006-12-29T00:07:00.000-05:00This is only marginally relevant.<BR/><BR/>A <A HREF="http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/article/how_much_for_pujols_as_a_free_agent/" REL="nofollow">funny, sort of old Tangotiger post</A> posits that a free agent Albert Pujols would get a $300 million deal.Juniorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08172624914735262408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-1167360028092613142006-12-28T21:40:00.000-05:002006-12-28T21:40:00.000-05:00Adding "on a contender" lets him off the hook a little in my book. Saying "at best" a third starter does not help his case.<BR/><BR/>Man, he hates Zito. I forgot about this, but in his rankings of the top 40 free agents (just Google Keith Law free agents) Zito is 15th, behind Ted Lilly and Gil Meche. Honestly, maybe Zito's Cy Young is undeserved and maybe he's a different pitcher now then he was when he won it, but what have those fuckers ever done to project better than he does?<BR/><BR/>Keep in mind Meche is the same age as Zito and Lilly is two years older!Juniorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08172624914735262408noreply@blogger.com