Following up on my post from the weekend regarding Cubs closer Ryan Dempster. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, Dempster is now supposed to mentor Angel Guzman to become the Cubs' next closer. As I pointed out this weekend, Dempster doesn't deserve to lose his job at the moment as he's been pitching fairly well this season. Manager Lou Pinella seems to be losing his mind.
Anyway, Guzman has to be owned in NL only leagues now until this situation shakes out. Guzman is of course anything but a sure thing. He's young and he's been injury prone but he does have the stuff to succeed as a closer. Bobby Howry, Michael Wuertz and Carlos Marmol all should be stashed away on benches in NL only leagues as it seems anything could happen with the closing role. One thing seems certain right now, Pinella wants to move Dempster back to the rotation and that kills Dempster's fantasy value. It is probably too late to get anything of value for him at this point so you might have to hold on to Dempster and hope Pinella comes to his senses.
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