Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Barry Zito ya shafe wasu yanayi biyu tare da A's bayan sun yi musayar Hudson da Mulder. A cikin kakar 2006, Zito ya gama da rikodin 16-10, 3.83 ERA, da 151 strikeouts don taimakawa A's zuwa taken AL West. Zito yana da fita mai karfi ga A's a Game 1 na ALDS kamar yadda ya ba da gudummawa guda daya a cikin takwas innings don jagorantar A's zuwa nasara 3-2 a kan Minnesota Twins a Game 1. A's sun gama cin nasara a wasanni biyu masu zuwa don share Twins da kuma ci gaba zuwa 2006 ALCS a karo na farko tun 1992
, kuma sun lashe gasar wasannin bayan kakar wasa ta farko tun 1990. Zito ya dauki tudu don wasan 1 na ALCS da Detroit Tigers amma ya ba da gudummawa biyar a cikin innings 3.2 yayin da A's ya fadi ga Tigers 5-1. A's sun ƙare da rasa wasanni uku na gaba kuma Tigers sun shafe su a cikin ALCS.