Extra! Extra! (12.6, The "Woah, Lots of Player Movement Today!" Edition)
Some days in the winter, you wake up and things are pretty quiet. Other days? You get serious news, starting with this: the Dodgers are on the verge of signing arguably the best FA pitcher (no slight intended to Barry Zito) on the market, as Jason Schmidt looks L.A. bound. The $47 million he'll earn over the next three years should mitigate any concerns he has over our city's traffic issues. And as we mentioned yesterday, the Blue have also retained the services of Takashi Saito for '07, meaning Eric Gagne is likely out the door (if he wasn't already). Game over still wants to close. Should he head to Boston, he'll have buddies to hang with in Julio Lugo and J.D. Drew, who have officially moved on to Boston, where Scott Boras thinks he'll be just fine. And, just in case anyone still thought Ned Colletti and Scotty B might patch things up and start playing a weekly racquetball game, Greg Maddux will head down the 5 to San Diego to pitch for the Pads, proud owner of a $10 mil deal for next year and a player option for '08. Much shuffling in the NL West.
Mike Lieberthal is on board with a one year deal and a team option for '08, and while the agent for Luis Gonzalez says the Dodgers are bringing in his man, Colletti says not quite yet. That's right, Gregg Clifton, you just hold your horses. Or maybe he's just trying to leverage a better deal for his guy, and using the media to help make it happen. Seriously, we're shocked, too! Meanwhile, despite the fact the Dodgers now have a surplus of starters, the Manny talks are dead. Or at least dead for now.
No time yet for those practical, on field decisions. Little things like batting orders.
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