schmidt's a quality pitcher...he's made at least 29 starts each of the last 5 years, he's pitched 200 innings 3 of the last 4 years, and after a shitty 2005, he bounced back with a 3.59 ERA in 2006.

He's getting up there in age, but he's definitely the second-best free agent pitcvher available, after Zito

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