Reports over the last few days suggested that the red-hot (to the tune of 33 straight scoreless innings) right-hander Ryan Dempster pitched his last game as a Chicago Cub on Saturday. Now, the rumors of where Dempster could soon land are picking up steam, and it appears the Boston Red Sox are one of the leading candidates to acquire his services.

ESPN's Buster Olney just tweeted that a source told him the Red Sox are aggressively pursuing Dempster:




Adding on to the point Olney made in the second tweet, Jed Hoyer & Jason McLeod know the Red Sox system very well too.

The Red Sox are currently 9.5 games behind the Yankees in the AL East, but are just 1.5 games back in a very crowded AL Wild Card race, so they'll surely be hoping to make a Dempster-esque splash before the July 31st trade deadline.

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