good thing we solved the closer problem

[rocket]

oops it turns out dempster is just as bad as latroy

[CubsBullsBears]

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT DRIVING HIM OUT OF TOWN

[2242005CY]

He's had 15 Save Opportunities this year. I don't think the closer role is what's killing this team.

[Roast]

Or maybe It has something to do with the fact he pitches once a week.

[rocket]

He's had 15 Save Opportunities this year. I don't think the closer role is what's killing this team.

 

if dempster did his job we'd be 32-44 with a .421 winning percentage.

 

that's a heck of a lot better than 28-48 with a .386 winning percentage

[2242005CY]

He's had 15 Save Opportunities this year. I don't think the closer role is what's killing this team.

 

if dempster did his job we'd be 32-44 with a .421 winning percentage.

 

that's a heck of a lot better than 28-48 with a .386 winning percentage

 

You're kidding right?

[Neuby]

sounds like someone has been drinking the sauce.

[rocket]

He's had 15 Save Opportunities this year. I don't think the closer role is what's killing this team.

 

if dempster did his job we'd be 32-44 with a .421 winning percentage.

 

that's a heck of a lot better than 28-48 with a .386 winning percentage

 

You're kidding right?

 

mostly. though with the way dempster has walked people his whole career, i'm open to the possibility that maybe dempster just isn't that great of a closer.

[texascub]

He's had 15 Save Opportunities this year. I don't think the closer role is what's killing this team.

 

if dempster did his job we'd be 32-44 with a .421 winning percentage.

 

that's a heck of a lot better than 28-48 with a .386 winning percentage

 

Even if he converts those other 4 chances, we're still 10 games out and 5 games behind the 4th place Astros. We're also still 8.5 out of the wild card...the only thing we'd be closer to is Dusty's extension.

[Wilson A2000]

Stinks because both Houston and St Louis have stunk the the last few weeks. No one in the central, and heck in the NL deserves to be in the playoffs outside of the Mets.

[Andy]

Dempster is having a crappy season, but I see no reason not to think that he deserves a chance to close for a team that can get him a save situation more than once a month, and for a manager that will pitch him more than once a week.

[srbin84]

Dempster isn't even half way to being as bad as Latroy & Co. If he isn't traded this year and finishes the year like he's been pitching, I'm writing him off as a Borowski though.

[texascub]

Dempster isn't even half way to being as bad as Latroy & Co. If he isn't traded this year and finishes the year like he's been pitching, I'm writing him off as a Borowski though.

 

Who ironically is 14-15 in save opportunities this year. Dempster has more velocity and better stuff than Borowski, he just can't command his pitchers consistently.

[abuck1220]

dempster's not very good, but it's foolish to take the job away from him. oh, what's that, you say?

 

Dempster, who has a 6.54 earned-run average since the start of May, was booed off the mound. Baker said he may yank Dempster from his closer's role.

 

"We might have to do matchups until he gets his stuff back together," Baker said.

 

change this team's name to the chicago knee jerk reactions.

[oldstyle81]

the downfall of dempster began right before his wife gave birth, sad but true

[Laura]

dempster's not very good, but it's foolish to take the job away from him. oh, what's that, you say?

 

Dempster, who has a 6.54 earned-run average since the start of May, was booed off the mound. Baker said he may yank Dempster from his closer's role.

 

"We might have to do matchups until he gets his stuff back together," Baker said.

 

change this team's name to the chicago knee jerk reactions.

 

A lot of those boos were for Dusty's trip to the mound.

[soccer10k]

oops it turns out dempster is just as bad as latroy

 

In 2004 LaTroy Hawkins blew 9 saves for a team that finished just 3 games out of a playoff spot.

 

Dempster has blown 4 saves (if you extrapolate 8 or 9) for a team that's going to finish 20+ games out of first and make a run at the worst record in the league.

 

Not much of a comparison if you ask me.

[imb]

oops it turns out dempster is just as bad as latroy

 

In 2004 LaTroy Hawkins blew 9 saves for a team that finished just 3 games out of a playoff spot.

 

Dempster has blown 4 saves (if you extrapolate 8 or 9) for a team that's going to finish 20+ games out of first and make a run at the worst record in the league.

 

Not much of a comparison if you ask me.

 

i guess it's not if you're only comparing the blown save statistic.

[NorthsideAvenger]

Removing Dempster from the closers' role now, would be like wife buying life insurance for her husband, after he died.

 

Every move the Cubs make, RIGHT NOW, is gear into belief they they still live in "la la land", and that some magical run is still within their sites. Howry as closer, or Eyre, or Dempster, it don't matter, this team will finish near 30 games under .500. But hey if Howry/Eyre can get a couple of saves IN JUNE, maybe that be enough to warrant extending Baker till the end of time.

[J.R.]

Dusty's going to "do matchups." Oh my God.

[soapy]

It shouldn't be a complete shock that Dempster is struggling. His control has never been very good. Additionaly, It seems he is getting a save oppurtunity about once a month.

 

The thing that actually bothers me about it most is that he's rapidly losing his trade value. I was really warming to the idea of sending him to a team in need of a "closer".

 

On another note, isn't Wuertz "closing" games in Iowa?

[Tracer Bullet]

though with the way dempster has walked people his whole career, i'm open to the possibility that maybe dempster just isn't that great of a closer.

 

I fully agree. Heck, the way Wuertz is throwing, let's trade Dempster while he still has value as a closer, and bring Wuertz up to close. It's not like a closer is essential to a 100-loss team anyway.

[Buford T Justice]

I think the main problem with Dempster is what many other have said he's rusting away on the bench.

[srbin84]

oops it turns out dempster is just as bad as latroy

 

In 2004 LaTroy Hawkins blew 9 saves for a team that finished just 3 games out of a playoff spot.

 

Dempster has blown 4 saves (if you extrapolate 8 or 9) for a team that's going to finish 20+ games out of first and make a run at the worst record in the league.

 

Not much of a comparison if you ask me.

 

i guess it's not if you're only comparing the blown save statistic.

 

Only a couple of those were as a reliever, and those count too because it shows how Hawkins mastered the art of coming in and blowing a game no matter what the score or inning.

[RynoRules]

Dusty's going to "do matchups." Oh my God.

 

Yeah, that's the really scary part. I almost fell out of "L" car when I read that in the paper this morning.