이 녀석 다저스 조직에서 랭킹 몇 위일까요?

Jason Schmidt, who hasn't pitched in a major league game in 696 days, joined the Inland Empire 66ers on Tuesday for a rehabilitation start.  Schmidt had mixed results in the 2-0 loss to the Stockton Ports.

Schmidt faced four batters in the first, and despite nobody hitting a ball in fair territory he gave up an unearned run.  Jermaine Mitchell of the Ports drew a one-out walk, and proceeded to steal second base.  Two errant throws on the steal attempt, one by catcher Kenley Jansen and the other by centerfielder Trayvon Robinson, allowed Mitchell to score what would end up being the only run the Ports would need.  Schmidt struck out three in the first inning.

The stadium radar gun was turned off during the game tonight, but luckily I found two Ports' pitchers charting pitches behind home plate.  Around the 4th inning, I asked them for a read on Schmidt, and they said he was between 85 and 90 mph, and that he hit 90 "a couple of times."  This was confirmed later by pitching coach Charlie Hough, who also said Schmidt averaged roughly 86 mph in his five innings.
현지시간으로 화요일 유망주(?) 제이슨 슈밋(Jason Schmidt)이 인랜드 엠파이어에서 리헵을 시작했습니다. 지금껏 확장스캠에서 공을 던지다가 이제 실전투구를 하기 위해 넘어왔습니다.
그 날 경기장의 스피드건을 꺼졌다고 하네요. 아무래도 구단에서 요청한거 같은 느낌입니다. 하지만, 기자의 말을 들어보면 85~90마일까지 도달했으며 90마일을 몇 번 찍었다는군요. 허프(Charlie Hough) 투수코치도 게임 후에 그의 구속은 86마일대였다고 했습니다. 

Schmidt pitched into the sixth inning, and ended up allowing two runs, three hits, and four walks in his five innings while striking out six.  Hough noted how Schmidt's performance had it's ups and downs :

When he tried to throw hard, he lost his location.  His good pitches were pretty good, his poor pitches were not very good, in that they weren't close to what he was trying to do.
슈밋은 6회에도 올라왔지만, 볼넷-안타-볼넷으로 무사만루를 허용한체 강판당했죠. 해서 그의 최종 투구내용은 5+이닝동안 3피안타 2실점 4BB 6K를 기록했습니다. 일단 5이닝동안 기복있는 투구를 했다는군요.

Even though Schmidt said he felt fine after the start, the key was not so much the results from tonight but rather how Schmidt will respond in his next start, as of yet undetermined.  Said Hough :

There are a lot more questions to be answered in his endurance.  The question is can he throw 95 pitches relatively solid, and bounce back in 5 days.
지금 86마일을 찍고 있는데 언제 95마일까지 도달할까요? 지금으로썬 당장 5일 후에 투구해서 멀쩡했으면 하는게 최소한의 바람이겠죠.

Schmidt, although he said his "goal was to get back a month ago," seems determined to help the team with which he signed a three-year, $47 million contract :

It's not always about the contract, it's about helping the team you signed with.  I can be that guy that helps the Dodgers get over the hump in the playoffs.
자기자신도 이런 계약에 대해 조금은 미안한 마음은 있나봅니다. 자신의 최종목표는 플옵에서 다저스의 승리를 도우는거라는데, 제가볼땐 만약 슈밋이 리바운딩한다면 타팀들에게 쇼케이스할려고 하는 의미밖에는...뭐 하긴 자신도 벌어먹고 살아야하니...

Back to the game, 2002 Dodger draftee Greg Miller entered the game with the bases loaded and nobody out in the sixth inning.  Miller induced a double play grounder and only allowed one inherited runner to score.  Hough thought it was a matter of Miller, who has battled control problems in the last few years, trusting his stuff :

If he throws the ball right, they won't hit it often enough to beat him on a regular basis.  Tonight was as good a performance as I've seen from him, in the clutch in a 1-0 ball game, facing a lefthander, and he threw it great.
슈밋이 6회 무사 만루를 허용한체 마운드를 내려왔고 뒤이어 상위 싱글 A로 좌천된 그렉 밀러(Greg Miller)가 투입되었습니다. 두타자 상대하면서 DP와 삼진으로 이닝을 마쳤는데, 밀러가 꾸준히 건강하고 딜리버리가 완성된다면 누구도 치지 못할거라는데, 저도 강속구를 뿌릴 수 있는 팔이라면 한국에 있지 않겠습니다ㅡ,.ㅡ;;

Hough also talked about James McDonald, who visited his former pitching coach last weekend after losing his starting job with the Dodgers.  Hough said he thought it was simply a case of McDonald trying to do too much :

It can be a combination of both, where you start thinking about throwing strikes instead of making your pitch.  You fall apart mechanically, and it's kind of a vicious circle.
최근 허프를 방문했었던 맥도날드에 관한 얘긴데 이미 했으니 스킵합니다.