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1. akrasian Posted: December 07, 2006 at 05:23 AM (#2253882)

The Dodgers have Penny - and with the Lieberthal signing - Toby Hall to trade. Maybe they can get a good bat for those two, at worst with a B prospect thrown in. Penny IS an all star game starter signed to a very good contract in this market, after all.

2. Bitter Calculus Instructor Posted: August 16, 2009 at 07:59 PM (#3294292)

Well, with two months left on this contract and Schmidt on the DL, I got to say that this deal really sucked.

3. The Kids Are Enright (1k5v3L)

Posted: August 16, 2009 at 08:54 PM (#3294324)

The movie about Schmidt was excellent, however.

4. Joe Bivens, Schmoo from Massachoosetts Posted: August 16, 2009 at 09:52 PM (#3294358)

"Lifeboat", right?

5. Justin T contains indigenous nudity Posted: August 16, 2009 at 10:46 PM (#3294387)

This entry only got 1 comment the first time? When I saw it on Hot Topics, I thought they did it again. That woulda been something.

6. Dan Szymborski

Posted: August 16, 2009 at 11:59 PM (#3294419)

Bah, I was happy that this one was forgotten given how it's turned out.

7. Crispix Attacks Posted: August 17, 2009 at 12:18 AM (#3294433)

This entry only got 1 comment the first time?

Well, 3 years for $47 million, to a pitcher who was only 33, and whose last five seasons looked like this:

year    W-L    ERA       IP     H    BB     K   
2002   13-8    3.45   185.1   148    73   196
2003   17-5    2.34   207.2   152    46   208
2004   18-7    3.20   225.0   165    77   251
2005   12-7    4.40   172.0   160    85   165
2006   11-9    3.59   213.1   189    80   180 

was one of the most low-risk, reasonable contracts we were seeing at the time.

Sure, he was past his peak - a steady increase in baserunners - but what were the odds that he'd stop being able to make 29 starts a year, or tail off drastically somehow? And he himself was being quite logical in expecting three more years of good production to enable him to get one last big contract after 2009.

8. Tripon Posted: August 17, 2009 at 12:48 AM (#3294449)

I just want to say that the Dodgers signing Schimdt to this contract despite knowing he had an injured rotator cuff was idiotic. At least the contract was insured, and the draft pick the Dodgers did give up to the Giants didn't come back and bite them in the ass.

9. PreservedFish Posted: August 17, 2009 at 12:57 AM (#3294457)

Do you chalk this up as a success for the "pay higher yearly salaries with shorter commitments" strategy?

10. NBarnes Posted: September 06, 2009 at 05:51 AM (#3315657)

PreservedFish: I think you kinda have to. Despite how terrible Schmidt has been for LA, this isn't really all that terrible a contract compared to the (lack of) wins some others have produced (I'm looking at you, Carlos Silva).

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