Barry Zito News

As the last two champions of the National League West, the D-backs and Giants entered this season with high expectations.

In June 2000, when he was still part of a franchise renaissance, Chavez became the first player in Oakland A's history to hit for the cycle at the Coliseum.

If you want to know why the San Francisco Giants are barely a .500 team, you don't need to look any further then the sixth inning in the Giants' 7-6 loss Friday night to the Miami Marlins.

Since 2007, excluding a horrendous showing in the 2011 postseason, the Brewers have found success at Chase Field, winning 12 of 18 games at the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Mike Yastrzemski brought home Vince Conde with a bunt in the eighth inning to give Vanderbilt a 3-2 victory over South Carolina on Wednesday night in the second round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.

On a day when an inconsistent offense erupted for eight early runs, the Brewers suffered yet another injury.

Sanchez threw seven innings of one-run ball in a 3-2 win on May 3 and allowed seven hits with five strikeouts and two walks.

Sanchez threw seven innings of one-run ball in a 3-2 win on May 3 and allowed seven hits with five strikeouts and two walks.

B.J. Upton hit an RBI double in the 11th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Wednesday.

I read a recent article in ESPN that spoke of declining offense in baseball today.

MILWAUKEE -- Any team that clings to .500 by definition has systematic faults. The Giants ' are clear.

Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run double in a six-run first inning, Jonathan Lucroy added a two-run homer in the second and the Milwaukee Brewers rocked Barry Zito again at Miller Park in an 8-5 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

No one forgets the day they figured out that Barry Zito wasn't going to have an ERA under 3.00. It's like the time you caught your dad leaving the presents under the tree.

Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run double in the first inning, Jonathan Lucroy added a two-run homer in the second as Milwaukee built an eight-run lead, and the Brewers rocked Barry Zito again at Miller Park in an 8-5 win over... Aramis Ramirez hit a three-run double in the first inning, Jonathan Lucroy added a two-run homer in the second as Milwaukee ... (more)

The San Francisco Giants already have two former Cy Young Award winners on their pitching staff in Barry Zito and Tim Lincecum, a two-time winner.

It will be Giants pitcher Barry Zito and Brewers pitcher Marco Estrada getting the ball for their respective teams in Wednesday's three-game series finale.

Every team in Major League Baseball has now played over 40 games. That's more than a quarter of the season, which means we can no longer say Albert Pujols is having a slow start or the Orioles are just getting lucky.

I was upset by his comments when Barry Zito pitched a gem in Colorado becuase I am a fan who places Giants wins before lots of things that are more important.

Milwaukee -- - Buster Posey provides another example of how the realities of a season overwhelm well-laid plans of spring.

So here we are on May 21st. The MLB season is almost seven weeks old. The San Francisco Giants have played over a quarter of their season.