The worst-kept secret in reality television is out.
The "Rhino" on FOX's "The Masked Singer" was, indeed, former Giants and A's pitcher Barry Zito. Zito unmasked himself an episode that aired Wednesday -- on his 42nd birthday, no less.
— The Masked Singer (@MaskedSingerFOX) May 14, 2020
As colleague-in-content Brian Witt noted on March 25, this wasn't exactly well-hidden. Zito's name trended on Twitter that night, thanks in no small part to clues like a picture of a pitcher (get it?) of iced tea, an allusion to Zito's single "Butterflies" and the "Rhino" referring to himself as a "gentle giant.