Congratulations to our first ever BRAHonors recipient- San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito.
After three rocky seasons in the home of “Rice a Roni,” the former Cy Young winner appears to have regained his old form. No recent southpaw hurler was more fun to watch than Zito when he was part of “The Big Three” in Oakland, and it’s fun to see this true brah living up to his enormous seven-year, $126 million contract.
According to this FoxSports article, Zito was 31-43 with a 4.56 ERA in his first three campaigns with the Giants.
While many scouts felt Zito’s loss of fastball velocity would forever inhibit the effectiveness of his famous “12-6″ curveball, the easy-going, guitar-strumming, Bay Area surfer finished this April 4-0 with a 1.53 ERA.
It’s cool to see one of baseball’s good guys turn his career around. If Zito’s able to maintain this success, the Giants will have one of the most intimidating and “bratherly” pitching staffs in recent memory (back-t0-back Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum shares Zito’s demeanor and natural talent).
Here’s to you, Barry Zito. Keep on keepin’ BRAHn’.
