Zambrano Unlikely For Marlins

DewsSox79 · Oct 23, 2011

Marlins Considering Shields, Zambrano Unlikely: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

cubsneedmiracle · Oct 23, 2011

Shields plenty more feasible in the economic sense.

85Bears4life · Oct 23, 2011

great we are stuck with him..

waldo7239117 · Oct 23, 2011

I don't think so, Mr. Rickett sounds like he'll release him if there is nothing.

Anno Catuli · Oct 23, 2011

cubsneedmiracle said:
Shields plenty more feasible in the economic sense.

Not when you consider that the Marlins will get him for the Major league minimum

Anno Catuli · Oct 23, 2011

waldo7239117 said:
I don't think so, Mr. Rickett sounds like he'll release him if there is nothing.

That would not be his call, I do not believe. That would be Epstein's call, and probably more so the new manager if he did not want to put up with Zambrano's antics. If the new manager wants to keep him, I can see him coming back.

waldo7239117 · Oct 23, 2011

Ricketts has a say in it...it will be his decision at the end. If Ricketts does not want to deal with him and Epstein says he cannot be traded, Ricketts could say I want him to be release then. Also, he has the say if he wants to pay contract to be release.

Uman85 · Oct 23, 2011

**** Zambrano. That piece of shit can rot on some other team.

Shawon0Meter · Oct 23, 2011

The idea of paying Zambrano $18 million to play for someone else makes me sick to my stomach. I'd consider it a win to even get that down to $10 million.

Can't we do a terrible trade like sending him to the Red Sox in exchange for Dice-K who is probably out until June?

waldo7239117 · Oct 24, 2011

Zambrano may not be a Marlin After All

According to Buster Olney of ESPN.com (Insider required), pitcher Carlos Zambrano may not be on the Marlins list to target this off-season of whom is a starting pitcher. Personnel in the Marlins front office are not too high on taking in Zambrano. Besides the love from new manager Ozzie Guillen. He does not have too much say in signees, but may have some. Right now, the Marlins are looking at Tampa Bay Rays P James Shields. Zambrano will cost way less than Shields, but probably doesn’t matter much.

Right when manager Ozzie Guillen was ‘traded’ from the White Sox to the Marlins, the speculation began on Zambrano joining up with him in Miami. The speculation became more serious when Zambrano and Guillen talked about playing with each other on the phone.

I don’t know what will happen, but I thought there was a good chance Zambrano will be playing for the Fish next year. He still might, but the chance went down with the report. Zambrano’s career in Chicago still looks to be over, but with a whole new front office and maybe a new manager, you never know. If Zambrano is not a Marlin next year, I could see him re-uniting with his old pitching coach Larry Rothschild in New York or in Boston. A new change of scenery will be good for him. There are other teams he could join, but would have to be discovered at a later date and time.

The Cubs have not been lucky in trading Zambrano the past few seasons, but with the Cubs paying majority of his contract, I could see a trade match. If Zambrano isn’t able to be traded, I think the Cubs will just release him and let him sign with any team. I just have a hard time seeing him in Cubbie blue next year, after Mr. Ricketts Sunday Night Baseball comment. In which he said; “I have a hard time imagining that:, when ask to you see Zambrano returning next year. It looks like Tom is already sick of Zambrano and will do anything to make him disappear.

The off-season hasn’t officiallybegun yet. The off-season will start after the World Series, next week sometime. Then we will start hearing the rumors, one being Carlos Zambrano.

So we’ll see…