Ryan Dempster

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1,598 appearances 12 recordings 5 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 19 Jul

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Rahimi & Grote Show · Ryan Dempster talks Tom Ricketts' high expectations for Cubs · 17 Feb 2026 podcast

It's like you just get caught in that hamster wheel, and I think he got caught there for a little bit in August, you know, July and August, and I think he got out of it, and this is a guy who's determined to be great.

I think chasing greatness is a really important thing that more guys should aspire to, and I think that he learned a lot last year.

I think he's full-on ready to go again this year, and he's just a special kid.

He's a special player, and I think the possibility of what he's able to do I think will just continue to grow as he matures.

He's still a young ball player, especially when you look at at-bats and miles and all that kind of stuff on his career so far.

I think he's potentially a guy every year that could be 30-30.

Does he have a 40-40 in him?

Sure, but to put expectations on a guy I think is unfair, and I think we're just going to continue to see a great version of Pete Cromsham.

Yeah, I'm with you on that.

And I think what happens is when we struggle –

I can speak from a pitcher's standpoint because I can't speak from a hitter because I struggled my whole life as a hitter.

So did we.

They don't lie.

099, I had a Wayne Gretzky batting average.

Yeah, safe to say.

When I struggled, as I found that when I tried to force the issue, throw the nastiest slider I got, a guy just spat on it and said, I'm not swinging at that.

And so for a hitter,

I noticed with Pete a lot of the time was he tried to go get the ball and I'm going to go get it and I'm going to swing before it's even there.

And when he's going good and when hitters are going good, that's what makes it hard for us as pitchers is we go, man, this dude is like, you know, locked in.

He's, he's spitting on my nasty, but he's waiting for me to come to him.

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