The Chicago Cubs have agreed to trade Carlos Zambrano to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Chris Volstad, Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago.com reports. The deal is pending a physical.
Juan C. Rodriguez of the Sun Sentinel adds that the deal is not finalized, but the Marlins have agreed to pick up $2.5 million of Zambrano’s $18 [...]
01/05/12
Right-handed pitcher Carlos Zambrano, gave an interview for ESPN2 while he was visiting the Venezuelan Winter League and said that he wants to stay with the Cubs.
The troubled starting pitcher was later asked about the possibility of joining the Florida Marlins, and he said that nobody has reached out to him regarding a possible trade. [...]
10/13/11
The Florida Marlins have interest in troubled starting pitcher, Carlos Zambrano, of the Chicago Cubs, according to Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald. This was first reported by Ignacio Serrano of El Nacional on October 3, 2011. Any deal with the Cubs will likely require Chicago to absorb much of the $18 million that is [...]
10/12/11
I would like to start this article by wondering what would happen if Ozzie Guillen and Carlos Zambrano were in the same clubhouse. I think Robert Oppenheimer could use the results of this experiment and build a more powerful Nuke.
According to Ignacio Serrano of El Nacional, Zambrano wants to leave the Cubs and join Guillen in [...]
10/03/11
The Chicago Cubs have designated right-hander pitchers Justin Berg and Brian Schlitter, according to Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune. In one of the roster places, the team added Carlos Zambrano to the team’s 40-man roster.
09/29/11
The Chicago Cubs announced today that Carlos Zambrano will remain at home for the remainder of the 2011 season. The team added via the press release that the grievance process between them and Zambrano is not resolved yet and Major League Baseball, the club and the Players Association will process the grievance during the offseason.
Zambrano [...]
09/02/11
Could a change of scenery be good for both Barry Zito of the San Francisco Giants and Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs?
It was mentioned on the Monday, 8/22 show of the Razor and Mr. T on KNBR 680, the San Francisco Giants’ flagship station, that a rumor is floating around that the teams could [...]
08/23/11
Right handed pitcher Carlos Zambrano was placed on the disqualified list by the Cubs last week after being ejected for throwing at Chipper Jones and added that he was “retiring” while he cleaned out his locker.
After cooling off, Zambrano began “an image-fixing publicity tour of handpicked media outlets” as Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times points out. Although Wittenmyer [...]
08/16/11
The Chicago Cubs will be without pitcher Carlos Zambrano for 30 days after the team placed him on the disqualified list, according to the team (via ESPNChicago.com’s Bruce Levine). Zambrano will receive no pay during this time.
The right-hander gave up five home runs in a 10-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Friday and also [...]
08/13/11
With only a few more days left to the trade deadline, you can expect deals to heat up in the coming days and buyers and sellers to get desperate. Here’s your Wednesday rumors to keep an eye on:
–The Brewers Rickie Weeks suffered a possible sprained ankle in tonight’s game and a trip to the DL [...]
07/28/11