Mets, Schoeneweis reach deal...

[eriqjaffe]

$10.8 million over three years.

That's right, folks, Scho is going to make $3.6 million per year. I guess it pays to be a lefty.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-mets-schoeneweis&prov=ap&type=lgns

[chisoxmike]

:o: :o: :o: :o: :o: :o: :o: :o: :o:

[MUsoxfan]

That guy could have been offered a one-year minor league deal and he probably would have taken it.

[eriqjaffe]

To really put it in perspective:

MacDougal: 3 years/$6.45M
Thornton: 1 year/$0.355M
Sisco: 1 year/$0.3465M
Jenks: 1 year/$0.34M
Floyd: 1 year/$0.33M
Logan: 1 year/$0.327M

[dcb56]

Anyone care to guess how long it will be before the New York Chapter of Schoe's Foes organizes?

[itsnotrequired]

I can't believe he started 19 games for the Sox in 2004...and a fabulous year it was: 6-9 with a 5.59 ERA.

[thomas35forever]

Wow, definitely not worth that much.

[lakeviewsoxfan]

Exhibit A was Omar Minaya is not a smart GM

[StillMissOzzie]

I hope Shoney didn't injure his pitching arm in his rush to sign that before they came to their senses. Just boggles the mind. I imagine "negotiations" went something like this:

SSagent: "If Ted Lilly is worth $10M/yr for 5 yrs for maybe 6 innings of work per outing then my main man Scotty is worth $3M/yr for 2 yrs for 2 innings a crack"
Minaya: "No way! Make it $3.6M/yr for 3 yrs or we're finished here."
SSagent: "We'll take it. You drive a hard bargain, sir." (to cell phone--> "Scotty, get you ass over here ASAP. Minaya has lost his mind and offered $3.6M/yr for 3 yrs!"

SMO
:o:

[TDog]

Paying players millions of dollars won't make them play like million-dollar players.

[MUsoxfan]

Paying players millions of dollars won't make them play like million-dollar players.

As Bill Veeck once said: "How much can you pay a flower to bloom?"

[soxinem1]

My father switched me from being a lefty when I was a kid. Conversely, I tried unsuccessfully to get my son to toss lefty when he was a yoot. Dad did it because he didn't like me being a lefty. I attempted it because I knew someone like Mets would pay my son a lot to throw BP and still have a job every year. Amazing.

So, will we take the entire White Sox bullpen for $3.5 million a year or Schoe alone for $3.6 million?:rolleyes:

[dcb56]

As Bill Veeck once said: "How much can you pay a flower to bloom?"


Or in good ol' Schoney's case, "How much can you pay a turd to sink?"

What's really scary is if the Mets roatation is as flimsy as it was in 2006, he may get the opportunity to start some games.

[PaleHoseGeorge]

Schoenweis is the latest example of why everyone should teach their son to pitch left-handed. Catching and being a switch hitter are both good choices, too.

With all the cash being thrown at pitchers this winter, shouldn't Chuck McElroy be considering a comeback?

:?:

[santo=dorf]

I can't believe he started 19 games for the Sox in 2004...and a fabulous year it was: 6-9 with a 5.59 ERA.
He lead the league in quality starts until the end of May when he got hurt. Felix Diaz was recalled and had a miracle win against the Cubs in early June.

[FedEx227]

Felix Diaz was recalled and had a miracle win against the Cubs in early June.

Please don't remind me. I was telling all my friends how Diaz was the real deal and gonna be the next big pitcher for the White Sox. After about 2 more starts I realized what an idiot I was. I apologize, he got me excited.


But yeah I'll take the 6 guys in our bullpen over Scott Schoeneweis (who for the record has way too many e's in his last name).

[Frater Perdurabo]

Schoenweis is the latest example of why everyone should teach their son to pitch left-handed. Catching and being a switch hitter are both good choices, too.

My kids will learn all three skills. Even if I only have daughters. :D:

[jabrch]

This is a prime example of why I understand what Kenny was doing with the Freddy/Brandon trades.

If Scho got that kind of dough to blow, who knows what it would cost for a guy who can actually throw?