Barry Zito allowed eight runs -- five earned -- over 5 2/3 innings against the Blue Jays on Tuesday.

Zito was undone by a six-run first inning that featured six singles and two Giants errors. On the evening, the Blue Jays registered 12 hits against the left-hander. Despite the rough night, Zito has still had a largely positive 2013 thus far. He'll battle the thin air in Colorado in his next start on Sunday.

Barry Zito was charged with six runs -- one earned -- in 3 2/3 innings against the Padres on Saturday.

Zito opened with three scoreless innings, but he just couldn't get that third out after an Andres Torres error got the Padres started in the fourth. It's his second positively awful outing of the year, even if it had no effect on his ERA at all. Of course, he's pitched 21 scoreless innings in the other three. We don't know what's next, but those who picked up Zito in mixed leagues should bail now and thank their lucky stars there wasn't more damage tonight.

It's early and I continue to preach patience in the fantasy baseball game. Hopefully you're able to heed that advice. Whether you've made one move or 11 thus far is irrelevant though to what follows in this piece. I'm just gonna randomly touch on some players that have stood out to me in the early [...]