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What does Dempster do for encore?

By Brendan Roberts

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

What the Cubs did to turn around Ryan Dempster, I'll never know. But they'll get the chance to further reap the fruits of their labor after re-signing Dempster to a four-year, $52 million deal Tuesday. Scouts tend to believe that a super-wild starting pitcher will remain a wild starting pitcher. Bobby Witt and Todd Van Poppel are two great examples of power arms with strikeout potential who never could harness their control. And when the cannon-armed Dempster walked 112 guys -- 14 more than the ...

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