Giants Win on Barry Zito:

So the Giants will start this season with the probability that they’re going to lose the games that Zito starts. None of the other prospective No. 5 starters seems to have pitched well enough this spring to merit getting Zito’s slot.

So Zito gets worse, and there’s no one to replace him. Ryan Vogelsong went on the disabled list, and should be ready for April 15th, the first time the Giants need a fifth starter, so Barry will get two starts in that time. Will the Giants start skipping his starts after that? Why not let the other four pitch every five days instead of every five games? That would keep fifth starter starts to around 20 instead of around 30, so he’ll do less damage.