Konrad Albert Schmidt

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: August 2, 1984 in Santa Rosa, CA
High School: Petaluma HS (Petaluma, CA)
School: University of Nevada-Reno (Reno, NV)
Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 2010 (Age 26)   vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Diamondbacks 2010-2012
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.059, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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• 4/24 Blog Red Machine: Raising Reds – 4/23/13: Blue Wahoos Lose in Extras Too: Wasn’t the best of days in the ranks of the Reds affiliates. Not the worst either. Right in the middle as the farm split...
• 4/21 Blog Red Machine: Raising Reds – 4/20/13: Three of Four Ain’t Bad: Louisville Bats 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Indianapolis (11-6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Louisville (9-7) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 7 1 W:...
• 4/18 Blog Red Machine: Raising Reds: 4/17/13; Bats Bring Bats: Seems like the Reds weren’t the only team in the organization the had a bit of an offensive evening. The Louisville Bats...
• 4/17 Indians Baseball Insider: Martinez falters as Bats beat Clippers 8-3: COLUMBUS, OHIO- After last night’s rain out at Huntington Park, the Clippers took the field for a foggy, early morning affair...

• 3/24 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 3/17/13 - 3/23/13: Here's a look back at the week that was here at MLBTR: The Yankees inched closer to completing a trade for outfielder Vernon...
• 3/23 MLBTradeRumors: Minor Moves: Puckett, Gelinas, Schmidt: Here are a few of today's minor moves from around baseball: Infielder/outfielder Cody Puckett has been traded from the Reds,...
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Texas Rangers: The Rangers lost significant contributors this past offseason, and while they countered by adding some newcomers, the gap between...

• 12/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Konrad Schmidt outrighted: Texas Rangers C Konrad Schmidt cleared waivers Friday, Dec. 14, and was outrighted to Triple-A Round Rock. He will return to spring...[+] training as a non-roster invitee.
• 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Outrighted To Triple-A: Konrad Schmidt: The latest outright assignments from around MLB...  The Rangers announced that they outrighted catcher Konrad Schmidt to...

• 11/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Konrad Schmidt claimed The Texas Rangers have claimed C Konrad Schmidt off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks....[+] The Texas Rangers have claimed C Konrad Schmidt off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
• 11/1 MLBTradeRumors: Diamondbacks Notes: Hill, Hall, Schmidt: It was on this day 11 years ago that baseball's first November game ended in heartbreaking fashion for the Diamondbacks, as they...

• 8/30 D'Backs Venom: Possible September Callups for the Diamondbacks: After losing their sixth consecutive game on Wednesday afternoon, the Diamondbacks chances of making the postseason have just...

• 5/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Diamondbacks | Konrad Schmidt recalled: The Arizona Diamondbacks recalled C Konrad Schmidt from Triple-A Reno Tuesday, May 22, and optioned SP Patrick Corbin to Reno...[+] in a corresponding move. Schmidt was hitting .274 (32-for-117) with eight doubles, three homers and 14 RBIs in 31 games with Reno.

• 9/1 D'Backs Venom: Diamondbacks Roster Expansion - Who might get called up on Friday?: Everything has been going right for the Diamondbacks over the last nine days, but the team can always use some extra options for...

• 3/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Diamondbacks | Konrad Schmidt reassignedThe Arizona Diamondbacks optioned C Konrad Schmidt to Triple-A Reno Tuesday, March 22, according to The Sports Network....[+] The Arizona Diamondbacks optioned C Konrad Schmidt to Triple-A Reno Tuesday, March 22, according to The Sports Network.
• 3/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Diamondbacks | 26 players signed to one-year deals: The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with Ps Josh Collmenter, Sam Demel, Barry Enright, Juan Gutierrez,...[+] David Hernandez, Dan Hudson, Juan Jaime, Zach Kroenke, Kam Mickolio, Kevin Mulvey, Jordan Norberto, Yonata Ortega, Joseph Paterson, Rafael Rodriguez, Carlos Rosa, Leyson Septimo, Daniel Stange, Brian Sweeney and Esmerling Vasquez, Cs John Hester and Konrad Schmidt, IFs Tony Abreu, Brandon Allen and Ryan Roberts and OF Cole Gillespie and Gerardo Parra, according to a team press release. All players on the 40-man roster are now under contract for the 2011 season.
• 3/1 Call to the Pen: The Arizona Diamondbacks SystemIn the antepenultimate edition of my system reviews, we're going to be looking at the Arizona Diamondbacks system....

• 1/4 D'Backs Venom: Diamondbacks Off-Season Recap: Catching: Continuing our look at the Diamondbacks' off-season, let's examine the team's catching situation. Miguel Montero will be the...

• 12/22 D'Backs Venom: Seven Diamondbacks begin play in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday: The Arizona Fall League starts on Tuesday, October 12th, and seven Diamondbacks' prospects will be playing for the Scottsdale...

• 11/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Diamondbacks | Konrad Schmidt injured: Arizona Diamondbacks C Konrad Schmidt (shoulder) is out of the Arizona Fall League due to a tear in his left labrum, The Arizona...[+] Republic's Nick Piecoro reports. The Diamondbacks don’t consider the injury to be too serious. Multiple doctors recommended the non-surgical/rest/strengthening route.

• 10/12 D'Backs Venom: Seven Diamondbacks begin play in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday: The Arizona Fall League starts on Tuesday, October 12th, and seven Diamondbacks’ prospects will be playing for the Scottsdale...
• 10/3 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 80-82: Well, that’s it. With a Konrad Schmidt (who?) groundout to James Loney, a most disappointing 2010 season finally –...

• 9/24 Baseball Musings: Evil Player: The Evil Player program selected Konrad Schmidt as Friday’s evil player. Schmidt is perfect. A little too perfect. He came...
• 9/14 TetreaultVision: Bloguin BRU: September 14th, 2010: Our brief hiatus of round-ups from the Bloguin network coincided with the shake out that follows the end of August. The field...
• 9/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Diamondbacks | Konrad Schmidt recalled: The Arizona Diamondbacks purchased the contract of C Konrad Schmidt from Double-A Mobile Monday, Sept. 13, according to The Arizona...[+] Republic. Schmidt hit .315 with 11 home runs and 65 RBIs in 107 games with Mobile this season.