Chicago Cubs’ manager unaware of Ryan Dempster’s post Trade Deadline status – MLB News
As the Trade Deadline for Ryan Dempster reaches ever closer, the team is brainstorming for contingency plan should the player be traded. On Monday, July 30, the Cubs manager Dale Sveum said he would be surprised if Ryan Dempster remained the part of team
post-Tuesday.
"Yeah, I'd be surprised, I guess," Sveum said. "There's too many teams and he's too good a pitcher for people to not want him these last two months."
There has prevailed a somewhat confusing situation lately due largely to the uncertainty about starter’s trade. The Cubs will certainly be looking for a strong replacement if Dempster is really traded.
Dempster on Monday said that he is being updated by the management about the potential move. What needs to be remembered is that Dempster can veto any decision given his 10-and-5 rights (wherein he has spent 10 years in MLB, five of which in the same team).
"If they have anything that comes to fruition, [I asked them to] just let me know and we'll make a decision from there," Dempster said. "Nothing's been said in a little while."
The aspiring teams who want to trade the player were two initially: Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves. But now it is the Dodgers who seem to be ahead in the race.
With 2.25 ERA, the highest in the National League, and 5-5 record, Dempster offers all it is required from a starter: Power, velocity, and experience.
But all these weeks, where rumours have swirled regarding his trade, the pitcher remained in emotional roller coaster. Nonetheless, the entire focus of the starter remains the game.
"I'm human, so it's an emotional roller coaster sometimes," he said, "but at the same time, I can control what I do, and I'm going to try to do the best job of that. I have a job to do [Tuesday] and that's to go out there and pitch.”
For now, the Cubs and the fans following the team, do not really want to lose the right-handed pitcher. Thus it will be Dempster himself to decide whatever he deems right for himself in the long run.
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