Comments on: Ok, So This Carlos Zambrano for Jake Peavy Thing Isn’t Serious, Is It?

By: Ace

Ace — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:57:23 +0000

Shedding Z’s contract is no consideration if the guy in return has a nearly identical contract.

By: Ace

Ace — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:56:45 +0000

Agreed completely. If you’re going to move Zambrano, at a BARE MINIMUM, you might as well open up some salary with the move.

By: Butcher

Butcher — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:20:59 +0000

Trading Z for Peavy is a wash, talent-wise, at best. And at least Z is entertaining and can hit. I, for one, kind of enjoy Z’s antics. I like having some fire on the team — as long as it doesn’t veer into Bradley territory…

By: Aisle 424

Aisle 424 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:01:40 +0000

If the Cubs are hell bent and determined to trade Zambrano, they need to trade him for good young talent. Someone who is almost there but not quite, and the team is getting impatient – someone like David Price (not saying the Rays would ever do this, but Price is the type of guy I mean).

Trading bad contract for bad contract is just asking for trouble in a different form.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:24:35 +0000

If I were the Cubs GM, which we all pretend to be, i’d do it. Big Z’s antics are enough already. He’s not an Ace and, if anything, as of late, he’s a pretty good 3rd starter. Now I don’t know why the Sox would want him (or if the big boy would want to go anywhere with a DH), but if the Cubs shed his contract, that would be a wonderful thing.

Now if only they can shed a few more awful contracts. Or maybe Hendry will take a pay cut to limit the damage he’s done. Here’s to more wishful thinking.

By: Butcher

Butcher — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:38:57 +0000

Please no.