Schmidt to the Cards?

by airweino on Dec 5, 2006 11:33 PM CST

I am hearing that the Cards are now in on the pursuit of Jason Schmidt. This rumor can also can be found here.

I know we have had plenty of Schmidt diaries, but to me this is different now that the red birds might be involved. All the more reason to get him.

I am not too excited about us landing Lilly for $10-12 million while watching St. Louis come away with Schmidt. Lilly is a waste in my opinion. It would have been better to have brought Maddux back for the amount we are rumored to be considering on Lilly.

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This has been kicking around for a couple days. I know Jockety has met or will meet with Schmidt, but other than that little seems to be coming form there.

What I'm curious about is the report by the KC Star that the Cubs offered Schmidt 4 years for $60 million. No, I don't have a link, but have seen this rumor on northsidebaseball.com, talkingcubs.com, and gatewayredbirds.com.

by Snake Plissken on Dec 5, 2006 11:29 PM CST reply actions

Oh

I had not seen those offers...

D-LEE!

by airweino on Dec 5, 2006 11:43 PM CST up reply actions

rotoworld

speculated that it might take 4/60 to get him, and that the cubs might be the ones willing to do it. there has been no real report of such an offer.

DEJESUS!!!

by tomas21 on Dec 6, 2006 10:00 AM CST up reply actions

this makes getting schmidt doubly important

not only will he make the cubs better, but we will prevent the cards from improving.

Baby, you got a stew goin'

by Thelonious on Dec 5, 2006 11:41 PM CST reply actions

Bingo

My reasons for posting this since I had not read it anywhere on BCB. Besides Schmidty kills us.

D-LEE!

by airweino on Dec 5, 2006 11:42 PM CST up reply actions

yeah

he's thrown a one hitter, and a two hitter against us if I'm not mistaken.

and always dominates.

Baby, you got a stew goin'

by Thelonious on Dec 5, 2006 11:53 PM CST up reply actions

I remember...

the one-hitter. Quite the game.

D-LEE!

by airweino on Dec 6, 2006 12:32 AM CST up reply actions

wasn't that one hitter thrown...

the same day that randy johnson threw his perfect game? I think it was....Schmidt got almost no press for his gem as a result.

Baby, you got a stew goin'

by Thelonious on Dec 6, 2006 1:06 AM CST up reply actions

That's correct.

May 18, 2004 was the date. Here's the box score of the Schmidt game. The Cubs' only baserunners were Moises Alou, who walked; Matt Clement, who struck out and reached on a dropped third strike; and Michael Barrett, who singled in the fifth inning.

by Al Yellon on Dec 6, 2006 8:30 AM CST up reply actions