Ridiculous. Dempster will almost certainly regress from his 2008 numbers, but to declare he'll be another Marquis is a pretty bold and, frankly, absurd statement. It's not like his 2008 was stretched out due to fluke or luck wih him being saved by the defense and such...he kept his walks and home runs way down. His overall numbers over the season are, by and large, excellent. Marquis never had a season like this. The gulf between what you can expect from Marquis and what Dempster did in 2008 is huge. i will gladly eat crow or what have you, but i don't think that will be happening Not sure I can find a link to the quotes, but I recall Dempster talking before the year about how much he learned about approach and locating pitches from Greg Maddux. It's interesting that he talked about that and then had his best year ever - without a ton of luck helping him through it. i remember reading that as well...i mean...you never know, obviously, i just would rather him not be resigned... no biggie though...apparently OPR had a good outing in his first start in the fall league the other day...no walks and 2 runs through 5 i think...