Barry Zito Wants Back Into Baseball After A Year Off

Zito wants to pitch in the majors again after sitting out last season, according to Zito’s agent, Scott Boras.

“He called me on the phone in August and said, ‘I’m ready to go. I want to pitch,’’’ Boras told reporters, including ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick, at the MLB general managers meetings. “He set up the plan and did all of that.’'

Boras will need to perform some magic to secure even a spring training invite for the 36-year-old soft-tossing left-hander. Then again, Zito’s former A’s teammate Mulder got a minor league deal from the Angels last offseason, only to blow out an Achilles’ early in camp.

As for the other member of the A’s vaunted Big 3, well, he’s still pitching. Tim Hudson just finished his 16th big league season with a World Series championship in San Francisco.