I think he means he didn't throw well at the side session, and Dempster lives in Scottsdale, so its possible he is the pitcher the DBacks are in discussions with the Cubs, as he would probably waive his 10-5 to go there.
Wow how many top 10 prospects have Theo and co. acquired since taking over? Rizzo, Soler, Almora, vizcaino, who else? He's done a terrific job rebuilding the top end of the farm, even without seeing the first returns on this draft class.
This is silly, the White Sox spent less than the Cubs and got less out of it. Fine they won the world series but the fact that it took the Sox another 3 years to make the playoffs again with very similar teams (but adding Thome and subtracting Rowand) while their payroll skyrocketed, says to be that the crapshoot worked in favor of them that year. It's a pretty silly argument because both teams track records over the last decade are probably worse than other teams that spent less than them (Twins, Cardinals, etc.).
Wow, that is so weird that I had to check BR myself....crazy that he got MVP votes in 6 different seasons that he didn't make the ASG. I remember Frank Thomas finishing 2nd without making the All Star team once which was bizarre but 6 different times is just insane. And you can't necessarily blame it on being a slow starter, as he had a career .932 OPS in the first half and an only slightly higher .969 in the 2nd half.
I love how the White Sox were supposed to rebuild this year and they have a little success and all the sudden they are back to making a ton of deadline deals like they do every year. I guess the playoffs are a bit of a crapshoot but they seem to fall in the trap where they are just good enough to compete for a playoff spot every year but not good enough to be a serious contender.
It bothers me because the Cubs can only do this at home. If this game was at Busch, it'd be 6-0. What is that even supposed to mean? Not that this is a great record but they are 6-7 in their last 13 road games.
It's amazing how similar that looks to Trout's season so far. Less HR and RBI, but more runs and (i'm assuming) more SB. That probably has to do with the fact that the Angels have him leading off instead of middle of the order.