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Title: Braves trade for Ryan Dempster Post by: 101stDad on July 23, 2012, 09:56:50 EDT I hate to lose Delgado, but you have got to make that move if you want to make the playoffs.
http://markbowman.mlblogs.com/2012/07/23/braves-acquire-dempster/ Title: Re: Braves trade for Ryan Dempster Post by: Black Diamond Vol on July 23, 2012, 10:28:53 EDT Well, at least they didn't have to give up Tehran. It's disappointing to me that they had to trade for pitching at all. I never dreamed that the rotation would be this bad this year, even with the loss of Beachy. :frown:
Title: Re: Braves trade for Ryan Dempster Post by: 101stDad on July 23, 2012, 10:57:35 EDT Uh, seems like that report may have been a bit premature:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ryan-dempster-trade-atlanta-braves-randall-delgado-false-alarm.html Title: Re: Braves trade for Ryan Dempster Post by: Black Diamond Vol on July 23, 2012, 11:32:43 EDT Uh, seems like that report may have been a bit premature: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ryan-dempster-trade-atlanta-braves-randall-delgado-false-alarm.html Hopefully it's not a major hangup. We need him in uniform ASAP. I thought this would be the season that the young guys took over, and Tim Hudson turned the ball over to them and rode off into the sunset. But now we're looking at the stretch run with a top 3 of Hudson, Sheets, and Dempster. Three old guys. Crazy. :loco: Title: Re: Braves trade for Ryan Dempster Post by: droner on July 24, 2012, 12:30:10 EDT I thought I heard on TV yesterday that this was the last year of Dempster's contract and he would be a free agent. But I also heard them say that the Braves had the money to keep him. Which I found odd since the Braves usually don't spend or have the money to get the top free agents. But with Chipper retiring, maybe some money is available.
Title: Re: Braves trade for Ryan Dempster Post by: Black Diamond Vol on July 24, 2012, 12:40:59 EDT I thought I heard on TV yesterday that this was the last year of Dempster's contract and he would be a free agent. But I also heard them say that the Braves had the money to keep him. Which I found odd since the Braves usually don't spend or have the money to get the top free agents. But with Chipper retiring, maybe some money is available. Prado and Bourn are also in their walk years. I'm sure the cheapskates at Liberty Media won't pony up to keep them all. :frown: Title: Re: Braves trade for Ryan Dempster Post by: 101stDad on July 24, 2012, 02:15:54 EDT Prado and Bourn are also in their walk years. I'm sure the cheapskates at Liberty Media won't pony up to keep them all. :frown: Do the Braves not have an option year with one or both of them? Title: Re: Braves trade for Ryan Dempster Post by: Black Diamond Vol on July 24, 2012, 02:34:04 EDT Do the Braves not have an option year with one or both of them? They do with Prado. But everything I've read says they won't exercise it. In fact, when they were struggling a few weeks ago, he was rumored to be on the block. As for Bourn, they aren't even talking. He'll almost certainly be elsewhere next year. Title: Re: Braves trade for Ryan Dempster Post by: Black Diamond Vol on July 25, 2012, 12:11:27 EDT Sounds like Dempster is being a diva and taking his sweet time to approve the deal. He is scheduled to start for the Cubs tomorrow. If he does, that's one less start that he would get to make for us. And when you consider that we're in a tight race, and a pitcher only has ~10 starts left in this season, we need every inning we can get out whomever we trade for. Maybe it's time to tell Dempster to go to hell and to go to plan B, whatever that is. :frown:
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