Dempster----> Raise
by JI
on Nov 18, 2008 3:38 PM PST
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Via Fox Sports:
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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It would have been more interesting had you JI'd the title
by Jeff on
Nov 18, 2008 3:42 PM PST
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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
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It would have been more interesting had you JI’d the title
by Jeff on
Nov 18, 2008 3:58 PM PST
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Unlike Geoff Baker I don't make up the news.
Furcal
by JI on
Nov 18, 2008 4:00 PM PST
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Though I feel any baseball news is good for the sidebar.
Furcal
by JI on
Nov 18, 2008 4:01 PM PST
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Why would you ever give a player option to a pitcher?
Favor the Bold
by IcebreakerX on
Nov 18, 2008 3:57 PM PST
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So he doesn't bolt for greener pastures?
Furcal
by JI on
Nov 18, 2008 3:58 PM PST
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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.
by Gomez on
Nov 18, 2008 6:52 PM PST
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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 on
Nov 18, 2008 7:13 PM PST
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He's never really been able to throw strikes before.
Furcal
by JI on
Nov 18, 2008 7:15 PM PST
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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).
by Gomez on
Nov 18, 2008 7:39 PM PST
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He got Silva's deal
and he’s way, way better than Silva.
by davidcameron on
Nov 19, 2008 6:17 AM PST
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