Oh, Schmidt

I had attempted to deal Jason Schmidt earlier in the week, hoping someone would take him for their DL slot in the hopes of him coming back later in the season. But today, we found out he's done for the season... Some kind of surgery... Torn labrum... Frayed ligaments or something... I don't know, my eyes glazed over and I stopped reading. I went into a kind of shock temporarily... The kind of shock you only get when one of your key players goes down with season-ending injury. It's like... "Well, shit."

Season line on Schmidt: 1 W, 6.31 ERA, 1.79 WHIP, and approximately 15 UGHs. At least he gave me 22 Ks.

Schmidt was a pretty fair bet, I figured in the pre-season, in a pitcher's park like Dodger Stadium, to be a Cy Young candidate. So this is a huge blow for the Squirrels. But it could be worse; I could be the Dodgers GM who gave him a $47 million contract. He should've let the Giants keep him.

WHIP'd Cream on Top

My plan to lower my WHIP turned out to be fairly genius. All Jeremy Guthrie did was go 8 innings allowing only 4 hits and a walk. The W was a nice bonus. And the 9 Ks? That's like jimmies on the whipped cream! BTW, this kid is for real. His 2.42 ERA is 2nd and his 0.89 WHIP is best in the AL. And I found him on the waiver wire? And he's still only 27% owned? Next start will be a test vs the Yankees (Tuesday, June 26). I think I'll keep him and see what happens.


His opponent, Justin Germano, had a rough first inning, then showed the mettle to settle down. His WHIP for the game ended up a 1.17, which actually raised his season WHIP to 0.96. His 7 Ks were a season-high surprise. I think I'll keep him, too.

Offensively, everybody in my line-up had at least one hit (.422) and 2 steals from Ichiro, who's running wild lately. I got a save from Alan Embree, who's better than everybody thinks.

As of this writing, I've moved up 2 places in WHIP, which has translated into a move from 6th to 4th in the league.

All in all, not a terrible day, considering I lost my 5th draft pick.