A little over a week ago, Ryan Dempster was supposedly open to any trade, saying he would "consider" a trade to any contender. Ken Rosenthal took it a step further, saying that the Dodgers were Dempster's first choice and the Braves his second.
Well, maybe he should have said that the Dodgers were Dempster's only choice.
With the trade deadline 5 days away, Dempster rejected a deal earlier this week with the Braves that would have netted the Cubs young righthander Randall Delgado. The Braves have since moved on, leaving the Dodgers as the Cubs' only option for Dempster.
As a 10 and 5 guy, Dempster has the right to veto any trade. But, does it make sense to say you prefer two teams and then reject a trade to one of them?
The Cubs are trying to regain leverage by saying that they will hold on to Dempster and make him a "qualifying offer" in order to get draft pick compensation, but the likelihood of that happening is remote.
I'm sure this whole situation has many Cubs fans miffed and I certainly can understand why.
With little leverage and only one team to work with, the Cubs will be fortunate to get anything of value for Dempster.
You don't know what your talking about. The last thing the Cubs need is to get rid of Dempster. He and Paul Maholm are about the only good pitchers they have left. Leave Dempster alone and the other players for that matter, let the Cubs' organization take care of it, that's what their paid to do! Leave the Cubs alone!
ReplyDeleteSo, are you suggesting we just keep Dempster through the end of the year, let him walk via free agency and get absolutely nothing for him?
ReplyDeleteI think you don't understand that baseball is a business and its better to get something for a player than be left with nothing.