At Hot Foot, Anthony points out that Barry Zito was 85–4 when the A’s scored four or more runs.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the following teams have shown interest in the following free-agent pitchers…
RHP Sidney Ponson: TwinsRHP Joel Pineiro: Red Sox, Yankees, Royals and PadresRHP Tomo Ohka: Pirates, Mariners and NationalsRHP Tony Armas Jr.: none listedRHP Russ Ortiz: GiantsLHP Mark Redman: none listed

The Mets were not listed as having interest in any other [...]

According to the Associated Press, a federal appeals court has ruled that Government investigators are entitled to the names and urine samples of about 100 Major League Baseball players who tested positive for illegal drug use in 2003.
…this is a big deal, because it is only a matter of time before the list of 100 [...]

At SI.com, Jon Heyman notes that a person close to Barry Zito’s father hopes his son will eventually play for the Yankees.
A person who knows Zito’s father and family tells Heyman, “If the Yankees want him, they can have him.”
…that’s the thing, though, i still don’t get the sense the Yankees want him…i think [...]

At Amazin Avenue, Eric is taking a day-by-day look at his list of the Top 50 Mets of All Time.
Yesterday, he wrote about Rey Ordonez, who checked in at No. 50.
Today, Eric looks at Bernard Gilkey.

Yesterday, at FOXSports.com, Ben Maller notes that the Mariners are considering a trade of 3B Adrian Beltre in an effort to free up money for a move towards Barry Zito.
In a column for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer last week, John Hickey noted that the M’s have only $5 million to spend from this year’s budget.  In addition to [...]

According to Bill Madden in the Daily News, citing a baseball official familiar with the Yankees thinking, if the Yankees can trade Randy Johnson they will investigate what it would take to sign Barry Zito.
However, regarding the Yankees recent efforts to trade Johnson, Joel Sherman, in the New York Post, leads by saying, “This is not [...]

The Rangers have told Barry Zito that if the two sides do not have an agreement by this weekend, Texas will ‘pursue’ other options, reports Kat O’Brien in the Star-Telegram.
Meanwhile, in the Dallas Morning News, Evan Grant describes the Rangers chances of signing Zito as: “a long shot.”