I worry that Lilly seems to struggle in every second or third start, and that Dempster won’t be able to sustain this all year long. Don’t get me wrong, I’m loving what he’s done so far, and I hope it continues, but I’m concerned that Demp fades down the stretch. Then what? Wouldn’t it be nice to have Z, Demp (pitching like this), Lilly (on top of his game), and another big arm like CC?

In my lifetime we’ve never had a team this solid, why not get another arm to push us over the top?

Dempster really has performed excellent to this point and there is not any reason to suggest that he will slow down. His BAA is under.200 and one of the best in the league. His real challenge will be keeping good control, which he did yesterday with no walks in his complete game.

How confident are you going into a Series with Z, Dempster, Lilly against Beckett, Dice-K, and Colon?

I agree that we don’t plow under the farm. ESPECIALLY if it isn’t a sign and trade and all we get is CC for 2 months. I think that the wiser course is to set up your team to get there multiple years. After all, anything can happen in October.

Dempster would be a legitimate Cy Young candidate. I love him, hope he keeps it up, but I dont mess around I get the best pitcher available if he helps us.

Check this out, if the season ended today--where would Dempster rank in the Cy Young-you be the judge—I did a comparison, hes clearly not winning it but hed get some votes

http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/sortable_player_stats.jsp?c_id=mlb&section2=null&statSet2=null&sortByStat=W&statType=2&timeFrame=1&timeSubFrame=2008&baseballScope=NL&prevPage2=1&readBoxes=true&sitSplit=&venueID=&subScope=teamCode&teamPosCode=all&box1=XXXX425630ariX&box3=XXXX450172cinX&box4=XXXX133225chnX&box5=XXXX453311sfnX&box7=XXXX407296chnX&compare.x=26&compare.y=8

If Dempster keeps this up and Zambrano keeps this up (outside of his bad start on Saturday) we could have 1 and 2 in the Cy Young voting. Having one wouldn’t be a surprise but before the season started if we had been told the other one would be Dempster we would have sent anyone saying that to the loony bin.

I’m Dempster’s biggest fan and I’m even shocked.

Remember his amazing start last year? He needs to find his “switch” again.

Man, he has good stuff but just can’t keep his head on.

I still think youneed someone who’s more consistant that Marquis at the back of the rotation.

that remembers Lilly’s playoff “performance” last year. Adding a solid #1 or #2 pitcher isn’t a bad idea if it’s not too costly. Therein lies the rub. What is too costly?

Assuming we get a top tier pitcher, I think a trade would be important to the Cubs.
I do not trust Lily this year, he might be “Back” but he gave up a 3 run HR to gregg stinking Norton. NORTON! he still has issues of control and arm speed.

Finally, it is a long season, Dempster hasn’t thrown 200 innings since? 2000 and 2001 with Florida. What is his arm going to look like in September and October. I’d much rather bet on C.C. Sabathia’s arm than Lily’s or Dempster (as much as I like and root for both guys.)

good response since I’m in Iowa where the whole state is flooded. Anyhow, how will Dempster pitch in the last 2 months after not starting? I hope he can pitch like this all year but that is an unknown. I would rather get the pitcher if we can.