I was living in the Bay Area when Giants ace Jason Schmidt defected to the LA Dodgers before the 2007 season for $47 million over three years.Oh there were some upset people calling KNBR that day.
Not so much now.
2 1/2 years later the Dodgers have collected 33 2/3 innings from Schmidt.
That's nearly $1.4 million per inning.
Plus he's let up 25 earned runs in those innings for a 6.68 ERA and posted a 2-5 record.
You realize that's not just for this season... that's over the 3 years combined.
And after yesterday's 3 inning thrashing by the Marlins he very well might be done in a Dodger uniform.
A cool $23.5 million per win if that happens. Good work for a guy who peaked when he arrived in San Francisco in the early 2000s and declined in the mid 2000s and now is injury prone.
Williams is a catcher for the Giants AA team in Connecticut. He can't hit and doesn't have much power.
Meanwhile Alderson, a starting pitcher, is moving his way up the system after winning 13 games in San Jose last year.
All he needs to do is get to the bigs and win 3 games and he'll top Jason Schmidt.
And oh yeah, do it for less than $47 million.
i compare this to Zito, the money per year was close but not the length. at least zito goes out and pitches and mans up when he loses, which is a lot. good move getting rid of jason at the right time. i will not forget his good pitching for us.
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