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The trade deadline is more than two months away. However, with all the parity we've seen in the past two decades, most teams will still be buyers come July 31. Few teams outside of the Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres are assured to...

Blog | May 23, 2012

CHICAGO -- The Chicago White Sox made it two consecutive victories in the Crosstown Classic with an easy 7-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. How it happened: The White Sox did what the Cubs haven't been able to do much of this season a...

Alfonso Soriano singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Chicago Cubs sent the St. Louis Cardinals to their fourth straight loss at home with a 6-4 victory on Monday night.

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Ryan Dempster will make his 300th career start when he pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday. Dempster will be the 19th active pitcher to reach the milestone. Jamie Moyer leads active pitchers with 635 start...

SweetSpot blogger Dave Schoenfield and I gathered for Monday's Baseball Today podcast with our big top-10 lists of best teams and much more! 1. Seattle Mariners announcer Dave Sims talked about the Mariners, whether Ichiro will be in a Mariners un...

STREAKING 1. Ryan Dempster, SP: This unlucky pitcher should have five wins. Instead he is looking for his first victory since Aug. 10 mostly due to a lack of run support. Dempster has been almost unhittable since the start of the season and much ...

Eric Karabell forecasts the future fantasy value of Ryan Dempster, who has an ERA of just over 1 in five starts but is just 0-1 overall.

Blog | Conversation | May 14, 2012

Jeff Hanisch/US PresswireRyan Dempster brings a 1.02 ERA to St. Louis on "Monday Night Baseball," where he's looking to pick up his first win of the season.The major league leader in ERA takes the hill Monday when Ryan Dempster and the Chicago Cubs v...

Cubs-Cardinals Preview

Sarah Spain catches up with members of the Cubs organization at Ryan Dempster's charity casino night on Wednesday....

CHICAGO -- Make it four consecutive strong starts and counting for Cubs left-hander Paul Maholm, who has joined the team's collection of solid rotation guys. Ryan Dempster, Matt Garza and Jeff Samardzija have also been impressive in the early goin...

First base: Donnie Buntball. The situation: The Giants lead the Dodgers 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth, no outs, runners at first and second, Mark Ellis up, Matt Kemp on deck. What do you do? Don Mattingly had Ellis bunt. The Giants of course put Ke...

The frustrating "Groundhog Day"-like routine continued for Chicago Cubs starter Ryan Dempster on Tuesday. Dempster has allowed a total of four earned runs in his five 2012 outings but has yet to come away with a victory. The veteran pitcher gave u...

A quick look at the Chicago Cubs' 3-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field. How it happened: Ryan Dempster's bad luck continued, as he left the game after seven strong innings with his fourth no-decision of the season. Demp...

Braves-Cubs Preview

Ryan Dempster discusses his return to the rotation and the new era of Cubs baseball on "Talkin Baseball." Click here for more audio from ESPN Chicago....