Barry Zito and $126 million

It looks like Zito's signed with the Giants for $126 million/7 years. That's absurd. I wanted the Mets to get him, but not at that price.

Number one, no pitcher should ever be given a 7-year contract, ever. Particularly not tall, skinny guys who don't throw that hard to begin with. Two, Barry Zito, good as he is, is not worth $18 million a year. Frankly, nobody is.

So the Mets will likely try to get by with Glavine, El Duque, and some combo of Oliver Perez, John Maine, Mike Pelfrey, and maybe Philip Humber until Pedro is back. I think that Heilman is going to stay in the bullpen, which is either bold and brilliant or incredibly stupid, depending on who you ask.