Dodgers sign Schmidt (EDIT: Or they might not have)

[inari]

Oh well. Meche and Lilly it is.

[Tracer Bullet]

What was plan B again?

[inari]

Interesting note in there:

 

The addition of Schmidt likely will increase the chances of the Dodgers trading right-hander Brad Penny for a hitter, even though the Dodgers lost free-agent right-hander Greg Maddux to the Padres on Tuesday.

 

Jones for Penny?

[da bears]

That sucks big time.

[Bruno7481]

Well, at least it wasn't St. Louis.

[CubinNY]

well, poop.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

3 years/$47 million? Not a bad contract. :(

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Sign me up for getting Penny.

[Soriano12]

bastards, first Furcal now Schmidt.

 

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[Joe_Cub]

penny has been talked about in the manny rumors.

 

crap, schmidt would have done alot for the cubs.

 

espn1000 said earlier today that cubs were still talking about jason jennings.

 

gotta give props to rosenthal because he's all over these meetings.

[Danny82]

3 years/$47 million? Not a bad contract. :(

 

I'm guessing it would have taken more to get him to come to the Midwest.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Penny = No Lofton, just a heads up to the folks who want to see Lofton signed.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Apparently, Schmidt did want to stay on the coast. He gets his wish and he gets the bucks too. It's not an excessive contract, but he still is making some change.

[YearofDaCubs]

We may as well go after Zito over Schmidt then. Schmidt is getting over 15mil, offer Zito the same for 6 years.

[CubinNY]

If the 4/60 rumors re: the Cubs were true, he must have really wanted to stay west of the rockies.

 

Does Lilly remind anyone else of Estes?

[PrimeTime]

We all cant be that dissappointed...It was kinda expected..We knew he really wanted to stay on the west coast..Even though it sucks, we gotta still sign the best of the rest

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

At least he's not with the Cardinals.

[YearofDaCubs]

If the 4/60 rumors re: the Cubs were true, he must have really wanted to stay west of the rockies.

 

Does Lilly remind anyone else of Estes?

Funny that's exactly what my friend said about Lilly but I think Lilly is better than that.

[PrimeTime]

If we sign both Gil and Lilly, hopefully they can come over from the AL and do a better over here...At least theres no way in hell we can we as bad as last year...

[Chocolate Milk]

:cry:

[TheDude]

If the 4/60 rumors re: the Cubs were true, he must have really wanted to stay west of the rockies.

 

Does Lilly remind anyone else of Estes?

Funny that's exactly what my friend said about Lilly but I think Lilly is better than that.

 

It's not even close. The most they have in common is that their left-handed.

[Danny82]

We may as well go after Zito over Schmidt then. Schmidt is getting over 15mil, offer Zito the same for 6 years.

 

Please no. Zito is not going to be worth nearly what he will end up getting paid.

[Hosak8]

Sign me up for getting Penny.

 

I was about to say "cue the Penny for Jones" threads.

 

I still say that Manny ends up in LA, with Penny and a couple of others in Boston.

[Southpaw191679666239]

I guess Rotoworld didn't think we had a chance either....

 

The Dodgers have reached a preliminary agreement on a three-year, $47 million contract with right-hander Jason Schmidt, FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthak reports.

 

Schmidt chose the Dodgers over the Cardinals and Mariners. This looks a lot like the Rafael Furcal deal, in that the Dodgers got Schmidt to settle for fewer years in return for a higher annual salary. Scott Boras, who represents Barry Zito, has to be pleased to see Schmidt ending up at nearly $16 million per year.

Source: FOXSports.com

[Banedon]

If you want to still grasp on to some hope, ESPN says that they're "close" to a deal...

 

"So you're saying....there's a chance!"