Barry Zito Stars in 'Historical Mediocrity'

Any clue as to when the last time a San Francisco Giants starter began the season by losing his first eight decisions was? Because that's what Barry Zito, after dropping another loss Saturday night, has officially done. You probably don't remember this guy, because the year was 1890, and it was Jesse Burkett.

The odd thing though, is that most Giants fans and the media seemed to have settled into some sort of justifying mood where they attempt to not hate on Barry. The latest two articles in the San Francisco Chronicle detailing Zito's starts have been somewhat upbeat, attempting to focus on the positives of his starts instead.

All that and Zito wasn't even the real culprit in San Francisco's latest loss.

The Giants fell 3-1 to the Chicago White Sox, mostly because their offense showed absolutely no vigor for the second consecutive night. They mounted few threats, wasted the chances they did create and ultimately stumbled to their 10th defeat in 13 games.

And actually, if I stare at his game log hard enough, I start to see a "bad-luck" guy rather than "the most overpaid pitcher in baseball". But that could be delusion. Or my inability to comprehend numbers.

The truth of the matter is that Zito has only two quality starts, but yes, he has been the victim of some bad luck. However, when you are rocking out a 1.90 WHIP and a 0.92 K/BB ratio, you are just not going to get a ton of sympathy from me, especially when you're getting eleventy billion dollars to be this bad. Please don't be fooled Giants fans.

Fantasy Spin: And don't you be fooled either, fantasy owners. Starting Zito = detriment to your team.