Jason Schmidt is tired of hearing trade rumors. "Obviously, it's out there. I'm not going to say it's not a distraction," he said Sunday after lasting four innings in the Giants' 9-6 loss to the Padres. Schmidt was traded twice before, from Atlanta to Pittsburgh in August 1996 and to San Francisco in July 2001. He welcomed the move to the Giants because they were contenders, but he wouldn't welcome another move now, especially after he chose to re-sign with San Francisco as a free agent. "I don't want to be traded," he said. "This is the team I want to play with. What are you going to do? I can't control that stuff. I don't enjoy seeing (trade rumors). We've had good teams here. To hear that kind of stuff is definitely disappointing." Though the Giants have downplayed talk of a Schmidt trade, Schmidt said he wasn't assured by either general manager Brian Sabean or assistant GM Ned Colletti that he wouldn't get dealt. "Maybe they really don't know," Schmidt said. "I just have to assume there has to be some validity to some of this stuff if there are (scouts) in the stands. Obviously, no one's been told no way, so that's how I look at it." Scouts continue to track Schmidt's starts, and rumors continue to pour Schmidt's way, the most recent coming over the Chicago radio airwaves linking Schmidt to the White Sox.