| Cold | 5/19/2013 11:11:00 AM |
Description: Red Sox starter Ryan Dempster has allowed 15 hits and 11 runs and walked seven batters over his last two starts (9 2/3 IP). | Insight: Dempster dominated earlier this season and still has a 16.3 percent line-drive rate and 12.2 percent swing-and-miss rate, which is fourth best in the majors. His K/9 is 10.77. The only causes for concern are his 4.27 BB/9 and 1.54 HR/9. | | |
| 4/21/2013 4:50:00 PM |
Description: Despite compiling a 3.38 ERA over his first four starts, Red Sox righty Ryan Dempster is still winless. | Insight: Dempster had an up and down outing Sunday against the Royals (7 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 8 K's). It's worth noting that the Red Sox are averaging just three runs per game in Dempster's starts compared to 5.31 runs per game on days when he doesn't pitch. | | |
| 4/15/2013 2:20:00 PM |
Description: Boston right-hander Ryan Dempster was outstanding on Monday afternoon, going seven innings and yielding just two hits and a run. He struck out 10 while walking just two batters. | Insight: Dempster has improved in each outing this season to lower his ERA to 2.65 with 25 strikeouts in 17 innings. Since returning to the starting rotation from the bullpen in 2008, Dempster has posted double-digit wins in five consecutive seasons and is pitching well enough to continue that streak. | | |
| 4/4/2013 10:00:00 PM |
Description: Boston right-hander Ryan Dempster allowed three runs in five innings in his first Red Sox start Thursday against New York. He walked four and gave up five hits but struck out eight. Dempster gave up a two-out two-run bloop single to Lyle Overbay and a short-porch first-row homer to Brett Gardner. With some better luck, his night would have looked a lot cleaner. | Insight: Dempster posted a 5.09 ERA after being traded to Texas last season, but he was much better in his final nine starts -- 6-2, 4.01 ERA, 51 2/3 IP, 54/19 K/BB -- than his first three -- 1-1, 8.31 ERA -- and he ended up striking out a batter per inning with the Rangers. He won't put up a 2.25 ERA again like he did with the Cubs before the trade last year, but a repeat of 2010 -- 15 wins, 3.85 ERA, 208 strikeouts -- isn't unrealistic. | | |
| 12/13/2012 3:09:00 PM |
Description: Ken Rosenthal reports the Red Sox and starting pitcher Ryan Dempster have come to an agreement on a two-year, $26.5 million contract. | Insight: The belief was that Dempster wouldn't go for anything less than three years but in the end he caved and took the higher annual salary instead of the extra year. Dempster is 1-1 with a 6.06 ERA in three career starts at Fenway Park. | | |
| 12/13/2012 11:30:00 AM |
Description: Ken Rosenthal from Fox Sports reports that the Red Sox are on the verge of signing righthander Ryan Dempster. | Insight: This comes as a bit of a surprise after Dempster rejected the team's two year, $25 million offer last week. It appears the two sides were able to find some middle ground. Dempster posted solid numbers in 2012 (12-8, 3.38 ERA) though his effectiveness began to fade late in the season (5.09 ERA over his final three months). | | |
| 12/12/2012 9:40:00 PM |
Description: Despite rejecting their original offer of two years and $25 million, free agent starting pitcher Ryan Dempster and the Red Sox are still having "serious discussions" according to Fox's Ken Rosenthal. | Insight: Dempster hasn't backed off his desire for a three-year contract, which is why he's still available at this point. Dempster struggled in the American League last year so Boston wouldn't seem like a great fit. If the Red Sox and Dempster decide to go separate ways, Boston could end up pursuing Kyle Lohse or Anibal Sanchez. | | |
| 12/8/2012 10:39:00 AM |
Description: Free agent righthander Ryan Dempster has rejected a two-year, $25 million offer from the Red Sox according to ESPN's Gordon Edes. | Insight: Dempster, who also turned down a two-year offer from Kansas City earlier in the week, is said to be looking for at least a three-year contract. Good luck with that. | | |
| 12/5/2012 8:00:00 PM |
Description: ESPN's Buster Olney reports starting pitcher Ryan Dempster is looking for a two-year, $26 million contract this offseason. | Insight: He also hinted that Milwaukee is his most likely destination. The Brewers seem to have cooled off on Josh Hamilton so Dempster is now the team's top priority in free agency. | | |
| 11/29/2012 11:52:00 AM |
Description: The Angels, Brewers and Red Sox appear to be the front runners in the chase to land free agent righthander Ryan Dempster. | Insight: The report comes form Ken Rosenthal over at Fox Sports. Dempster has spent most of his career in the National League so Milwaukee would appear to be the best fit. The Red Sox, however, may have the deepest pockets and we've also learned never to rule out the Angels, who are currently in the process of finding a replacement for Zack Greinke. | | |
| 11/9/2012 8:49:00 PM |
Description: The Brewers have displayed an interest in signing free agent starting pitcher Ryan Dempster reports Ken Rosenthal from Fox Sports. | Insight: Dempster was phenomenal in the first half of the season (1.99 ERA before the All-Star break) but struggled after the Cubs traded him to Texas on July 31st (5.09 ERA in 12 starts). | | |
| 8/20/2012 10:57:00 PM |
Description: Rangers starter Ryan Dempster returned from the restricted list Monday and shut down the Orioles over eight innings to pick up his second victory with the team. | Insight: Dempster allowed a run in the first inning but then fired seven scoreless to finish with a four-hitter in eight innings (2 BB, 6 K). As we said last week, Dempster's schedule is extremely easy down the stretch and should allow him to get back on track; in his final seven starts, he'll face Minnesota, Cleveland twice, Kansas City, Seattle twice and Oakland. | | |
| Cold | 8/20/2012 7:58:00 PM |
Description: Texas righthander Ryan Dempster has been activated from the restricted list. He'll start Monday night's game against the Orioles. | Insight: Dempster missed his scheduled start Saturday against the Blue Jays because he couldn't find his passport. He's 1-1 with an 8.31 ERA since moving over to the American League at the trade deadline. | | |
| Cold | 8/18/2012 6:32:00 PM |
Description: According to the Fort-Worth Star Telegram, Rangers starter Ryan Dempster is expected to start Monday against Baltimore. | Insight: Dempster was scratched from his start Saturday after he was placed on the restricted list due to unidentified "personal reasons." Though Dempster has allowed 16 earned in three AL starts, his performance should improve as he faces an easy schedule in his final eight starts: BAL, MIN, CLE, KC, CLE, SEA, SEA, OAK. | | |
| 8/17/2012 4:10:00 PM |
Description: According to Adam Berry of MLB.com, Rangers starter Ryan Dempster has been placed on the restricted list for personal reasons. | Insight: Dempster has allowed 16 earned runs in 17 1/3 innings since joining the Rangers at the trade deadline after giving up just 26 earned in 104 innings as a member of the Cubs. Roy Oswalt is expected to take his spot in the rotation on Saturday. | | |
| Cold | 8/13/2012 9:57:00 PM |
Description: Rangers starter Ryan Dempster allowed eight earned runs for the second time in three starts with the team Monday against the Yankees. | Insight: Dempster has allowed 16 earned runs in 17 1/3 innings since joining the Rangers at the trade deadline after giving up just 26 earned in 104 innings as a member of the Cubs. In fairness to Dempster, it's not going to get much more difficult than facing the Angels, Red Sox and Yankees in his first three American League starts. The right-hander will get Toronto, Minnesota, Tampa Bay and Kansas City in his next four starts if he stays on regular rest. | | |
| 8/7/2012 10:46:00 PM |
Description: Rangers starter Ryan Dempster's second start with Texas went much better than the first. The right-hander went into Fenway Park and shut down the Red Sox over 6 2/3 innings. | Insight: Dempster's night didn't start out well, as the Red Sox dented the Green Monster with three doubles and a single in the first four innings. However, the right-hander was able to hold Boston scoreless until the bottom of the seventh, when he served up a three-run homer to Will Middlebrooks following an error. All of the runs were unearned, so Dempster finished the night with zero earned runs on six hits, six strikeouts, one walk and his first victory with the Rangers. | | |
| 8/2/2012 10:14:00 PM |
Description: Former Cubs starter Ryan Dempster found out how tough the American League can be in his Rangers debut Thursday against the Angels. The right-hander allowed more runs in his first Texas start than he did in his last seven starts with Chicago combined. | Insight: Pitching in 100-degree heat against a tough offense, Dempster wilted early and didn't make it out of the fifth inning. Dempster served up eight earned runs on nine hits, walked three and struck out six in 4 2/3 innings. Our concern is that this will become a regular occurence while Dempster gets used to the tougher league and more difficult home park. | | |
| 7/31/2012 5:15:00 PM |
Description: The Texas Rangers stepped in and acquired Ryan Dempster from the Chicago Cubs after the Dodgers backed out. | Insight: While Dempster will have a better offense behind him, moving to the American League and to Texas isn't exactly conducive to fantasy success. Rangers Ballpark in Arlington is the seventh best hitter's park in baseball with a run factor of 1.156, according to MLB Park Factors. Cliff Lee posted a 3.98 ERA in 108 2/3 innings with Texas after coming over from Seattle during the 2010 trade deadline (Lee had a 2.34 ERA in 103 2/3 innings with Seattle). Expect Dempster, who possesses a 2.25 ERA in 104 innings this season, to experience the same type of decline in Texas. | | |
| 7/26/2012 8:24:00 PM |
Description: The Cubs and Dodgers are making progress in trade talks for starting pitcher Ryan Dempster. | Insight: Chicago had agreed to a trade that would send Dempster to Atlanta earlier in the week but that fell through after Dempster exercised his 10/5 rights to veto the deal. Dempster (5-5, 2.25 ERA) has said that the Dodgers are the only team he wants to play for other than the Cubs so all indications are that both sides will do what they can to make this trade happen before Tuesday's deadline. | | |
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