Dodgers - Signed Schmidt

With the loose money out of the market earlier, the star contracts we're seeing are starting to look less ridiculous. The idea that someone would pay as much for 5 years of Juan Pierre or Gary Matthews Jr. as 3 years of Jason Schmidt tells me that people in baseball really don't follow their IPTCHING WINS CHAMPI0NSHIPS~! junk. I'm not a fan of Colletti, but this is a solid deal and it leaves the possibility of the Dodgers getting an outfielder with Brad Penny instead of giving away their hoarded talent. As long as the Dodgers realize that they're getting merely a solid, above-average pitcher rather than the Schmidt of a few years ago, they won't be disappointed.

2007 ZiPS Projection -  Jason Schmidt
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            W   L   G  GS   IP    H   ER  HR  BB  SO   ERA
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Projection 12   8  29  29  192  172   84  22  77 183  3.94 
2008       11   8  28  28  185  171   84  23  73 166  4.09
2009       10   8  26  26  169  161   80  23  67 144  4.26
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Opt. (15%) 15   7  32  32  217  179   77  19  78 213  3.19
Pes. (15%)  8   8  25  25  156  151   82  23  68 145  4.73
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