At this point, my dream for Ryan Dempster is that he'll be the Cubs' lone all-star representative in 2012 without actually winning a game. The possibility is still in play (although Castro and LaHair are potential problems), but he'll somehow need to clear the upcoming two-start week without earning a win. It won't be easy, since he's facing a pair of sub-.500 teams, one of which is actually sub-.400 (Minnesota).
Dempster's current record is 0-3, yet he's posted terrific ratios (2.90 ERA, 1.15 WHIP) while delivering six quality starts and striking out hitters at his usual clip (8.24 K/9). Unfortunately, the Cubs have scored two runs or less in five of his starts this season. Thus, he's 0-3.
So is this the week he dents the win column? Dunno. But you can expect his typical contributions in every other category. Feel free to use him if you've got him.
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Beyond the jump, you'll find all the two-start SPs, arranged the way you like 'em...
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Unconditional approval
Clayton Kershaw ? at PHI (Worley), at SEA (Millwood)
Cliff Lee ? LAD (Billingsley), BAL (Hammel)
Anibal Sanchez ? ATL (Delgado), TB (Shields)
Jordan Zimmermann ? NYM (Gee), at BOS (Lester)
Jeff Samardzija ? at SF (Vogelsong), at MIN (Diamond)
Yovani Gallardo ? CHC (Dempster), SD (Bass)
Conditional approval
Ryan Dempster ? at MIL (Gallardo), at MIN (De Vries)
Ryan Vogelsong ? CHC (Samardzija), TEX (Feldman)
Vance Worley ? LAD (Kershaw), at BAL (Arrieta)
Kyle Lohse ? at NYM (Hefner), CLE (Masterson)
Ian Kennedy ? COL (Guthrie), OAK (Vida Blue. No, that's a joke. TBD)
Tim Lincecum ? at SD (Bass), TEX (Holland)
Ambiguously injured
Jaime Garcia ? at HOU (Harrell), CLE (Jimenez)
Approved for limited use
Homer Bailey ? PIT (Lincoln), DET (Smyly)
Chad Billingsley ? at PHI (Lee), at SEA (Vargas)
Randall Delgado ? at MIA (Sanchez), TOR (Romero)
Joe Saunders ? COL (Friedrich), OAK (Parker)
Dillon Gee ? at WAS (Zimmermann), at NYY (Pettitte)
Anthony Bass ? SF (Lincecum), at MIL (Gallardo)
Brad Lincoln ? at CIN (Bailey), KC (Smith)
Nope. Nuh-uh. No thank you.
Christian Friedrich ? at ARI (Saunders), LAA (Haren)
Jeremy Guthrie ? at ARI (Kennedy), LAA (Santana)
Lucas Harrell ? STL (Garcia), at CWS (Humber)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Complete and total trust
--empty--
Sure, OK. Mostly trustworthy
James Shields ? at NYY (Pettitte), at MIA (Sanchez)
Ricky Romero ? at CWS (Humber), at ATL (Delgado)
Jason Hammel ? at BOS (Lester), PHI (Lee)
Jon Lester ? BAL (Hammel), WAS (Zimmermann)
Jarrod Parker ? TEX (Feldman), at ARI (Saunders)
Jason Vargas ? at LAA (Santana), LAD (Billingsley)
Drew Smyly ? CLE (Jimenez), at CIN (Bailey)
Andy Pettitte ? TB (Shields), NYM (Gee)
Not officially approved, but I'd be willing to look the other way
Phil Humber ? TOR (Romero), HOU (Harrell)
Only if your league doesn't penalize for walks and homers...
Derek Holland ? at OAK (Blackley), at SF (Lincecum)
Ervin Santana ? SEA (Vargas), at COL (Guthrie)
Ubaldo Jimenez ? at DET (Smyly), at STL (Garcia)
Scott Feldman ? at OAK (Parker), at SF (Vogelsong)
How did it come to this?
Will Smith ? MIN (De Vries), at PIT (Lincoln)
Cole De Vries ? at KC (Smith), CHC (Dempster)
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