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Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 06/22, 02:18 PM
I'm going to pick a player from the Chicago Cubs. He originally was the closer, but Kerry Wood took his spot. Now he is a starting pitcher and has been doing well this year, but will fall off for the rest of the year.

His name is Ryan Dempster.

He has pitched well this year with a record of 8-2, with a ERA of 2.76. He has a career record of 67-77 and a career ERA of 4.68.

He doesn't pitch well and hasn't had a good ERA in years, as when he was a closer last year he had a 4.73 ERA. The last time he was a starter he had a wonderful ERA of 6.54. In 2002, when he started all the games he pitched in, he had an ERA of 5.38.

His best ERA ever was in 2005 as a closer with a 3.13 ERA. He has had a 3.66 ERA as a starter and that is his best ever.

He isn't a good pitcher, and he isn't going to fall off considerably. Looking at past years, it shows that he just gives up too much runs which hurts him and his team.

Opponents have a .262 BA and a .353 OBP batting against Dempster in his career.

In 2006 he has an ERA of 4.80 as a closer.

He tends to keep his ERA, as a starter, in the high 4s to mid 6s. He isn't a good pitcher, and isn't consistent at all. He'll fall.

Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 06/23, 05:18 PM
Good choice...but Cliff Lee is still 10-1 and is doing very well. He is also really driving this team that doesn't give much help to him.

Ryan Dempster gets a lot of run support, but he is going to falter as recent years have showed. He has had a horrible ERA in years before, and just look at his ERAs. They are horrible. Why should this year be any different? It shouldn't. It is going to be the same as normal.

Right now...Cliff Lee's stats are this: 10-1/2.45 ERA/79 SO/1.08 WHIP

He is a great player, and he has kept good stats this far, even after that blistering start.

Ryan Dempster is going to cool after a lot more than Cliff Lee is. Look at Dempster's ERA from years past. He had a 4.50+ ERA as a closer the last two years, he had 5+ ERA numerous times as a starter.

Lee might be already going down...but it is from this point RIGHT NOW...not from the beginning of the season.

Ryan Dempster has sucked years before...even as a closer. Now he is a starter, and the last time he was a starter he didn't have a good ERA and why should this year be any different? He might have a good record, but his ERA is going to suck.

He will tail off the most this year.

Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 06/23, 11:00 PM
All that runs support thing means is that Lee is going to get a worse record than Dempster is.

Dempster, when he returns to his normal ways of giving up 4+ runs a game, he is not going to do that well, and get wins. He just won't, even though the Cubs might still score for him, he just won't win games that way.

Dempster is going to have a big rise in ERA as Lee's ERA will remain about the same, maybe go up a little.

Lee might be declining a little bit, but Dempster is going to have the biggest drop of for the remaining of the season at the record and point that he is at RIGHT NOW. Lee will drop, but Dempster will drop more.

Dempster isn't good...he isn't consistent, and that is going to be a problem. Plus, he is going to lose wins with the closer he has and the ERA Wood has.

Lee is probably just having a bad month. Every pitcher has a bad month...so unless next month is like this, he won't decrease too much.

Dempster is good one start, but can be completely terrible the next. He is inconsisten and that is what is going to bring him down.

He will have a the biggest drop in stats by the end of the season, bigger than Cliff Lee's drop.