Dempster----> Raise
by JI on Nov 18, 2008 3:38 PM PST
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CHICAGO (AP) - Pitcher Ryan Dempster and the Chicago Cubs agreed Tuesday on a $52 million, four-year contract that includes a player option to 2012.
He gets a $4 million signing bonus, $8 million next year, $12.5 million in 2010 and $13.5 million in 2011. Dempster has a 2012 option for $14 million.
"It was imperative that we kept him in house," Cubs general manager Jim Hendry. "No doubt in our minds that Ryan would have exceeded this deal on the streets in three or four weeks from now, the way the market is for starting pitching. Ryan was committed. From Day One he told us he wanted to stay. And it was a priority for us to try and get it done before we got too far down the road in the winter."
I'm not so sure I like this deal for the Cubs. Dempster's season seems to have been a bit flukey, and I doubt he'll repeat it.
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I don't get it
Why the fuck would the Rays want Dempster?
Furcal
by JI on Nov 18, 2008 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
It would have been more interesting had you JI’d the title
by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 18, 2008 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
Why would you ever give a player option to a pitcher?
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I can't believe the money typical veteran SPs command now
Man, to be able to throw a 89-92 mph fastball and two offspeed pitches 120 times for consistent strikes every 5 days.
Well, Dempster did just put up a 3.49 tRA
if he can sustain even 75-80% of that, it’s not a bad deal.
by Jeff Sullivan on Nov 18, 2008 7:13 PM PST up reply actions
Oh, I'm sure statsitically he may have significant relative market value
I still can’t believe the sums run of the mill pitchers command, though (even as the M’s dished them out in droves to mediocrities).
He got Silva's deal
and he’s way, way better than Silva.
by davidcameron on Nov 19, 2008 6:17 AM PST up reply actions
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