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[Sterling Archer]

Carlos Zambrano?

AIN'T. GONE. YET.

Gone.

Volstad in return.
Cubs to eat between $15-$18 of remaing $18 (reports vary.)

Unless we're scoring by height or Volstad has post-post-post hype sleeper value, this is basically just a buyout.

He's been a little below average according to ERA+ and mediocre according to WAR, but he's averaged about 30 starts the last three years and has a few seasons of team control left.  There's some long-shot upside since he's only 25 and might magically learn how to strike out more than 6.4 per nine under the tutelage of the great Chris Bosio.  They could do a lot worse at the back end of the rotation.  Like Casey Coleman.

[Slaky]

Funny. I always thought I'd give a shit if Zambrano left.

I'm sad, but I trust in Theo

Whatever dude, this was all Jed.

[R-V]

Funny. I always thought I'd give a shit if Zambrano left.

I'm sad, but I trust in Theo

Yeah, this is part of a plan and Z couldn't come back after what happened and....ah, fuck it. This move sucks. I love Z and want him back.

[Internet Apex]

Funny. I always thought I'd give a shit if Zambrano left.

I'm sad, but I trust in Theo

Yeah, this is part of a plan and Z couldn't come back after what happened and....ah, fuck it. This move sucks. I love Z and want him back.

I actually got either tired or bored of trying to defend him. I just don't care anymore. Now that P'Nut's in the Pro Bowl I don't feel like I'll ever have to defend another ballplayer ever again. My work here is done. If you guys need me I'll be in the Japan thread.

[Slaky]

Funny. I always thought I'd give a shit if Zambrano left.

I'm sad, but I trust in Theo

Yeah, this is part of a plan and Z couldn't come back after what happened and....ah, fuck it. This move sucks. I love Z and want him back.

I think not giving a shit about this is weird. Zambrano's been a Cub for like 26 years and he's the only one who actually cared enough to get mad about how shitty they were. He was fun and mostly good. Sometimes he was great. I will miss him and now that he's a Marlin I will probably really not like him much.

I'm looking forward to the first time he comes back to Wrigley and gets booed. That post game interview should be amazing.

[Internet Apex]

Funny. I always thought I'd give a shit if Zambrano left.

I'm sad, but I trust in Theo

Yeah, this is part of a plan and Z couldn't come back after what happened and....ah, fuck it. This move sucks. I love Z and want him back.

I think not giving a shit about this is weird. Zambrano's been a Cub for like 26 years and he's the only one who actually cared enough to get mad about how shitty they were. He was fun and mostly good. Sometimes he was great. I will miss him and now that he's a Marlin I will probably really not like him much.

I'm looking forward to the first time he comes back to Wrigley and gets booed. That post game interview should be amazing.

I feel like he was already gone. This past summer when his teammates finally aired him out in public was the last straw. I knew he'd never be back. Not that I'm endorsing anything Dempster or Soriano had to say but they do know him better than I do. So there's that. Sometimes you have to kick people out the crib whether you love them or not. Let 'em keep the TV and one of the dogs. Then you grieve and you fuck a lot of women. Wait... what were we doing?

[Waco Kid]

I'm going to miss Bis Z. As Slaky said he was the only one who gave a shit about bad they were.

[Powdered Toast Man]

I feel like he was already gone. This past summer when his teammates finally aired him out in public was the last straw. I knew he'd never be back. Not that I'm endorsing anything Dempster or Soriano had to say but they do know him better than I do. So there's that. Sometimes you have to kick people out the crib whether you love them or not. Let 'em keep the TV and one of the dogs. Then you grieve and you fuck a lot of women. Wait... what were we doing?

Th

[BH]

I'm actually surprised we got anything back in return. Volstad isn't great, but he's a cost controlled useable pitcher for a few years.
Hendry would have spent the entire offseason trashing Z, only to release him paying all his salary and getting nothing in return.
This is a nice change. Soriano is next.

[Powdered Toast Man]

During an appearance Wednesday on WGN radio in Chicago, Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said that he expects Bryan LaHair to be the club's starting first baseman this season.

"Bryan LaHair is our first baseman," said Epstein. "I don't believe in the concept of 4A players. The guy can hit."

[Internet Apex]

I'm actually surprised we got anything back in return. Volstad isn't great, but he's a cost controlled useable pitcher for a few years.
Hendry would have spent the entire offseason trashing Z, only to release him paying all his salary and getting nothing in return.
This is a nice change. Soriano is next.

Then Dempster and then Sterling Archer. This offseason is awesome.

[Sterling Archer]

I'm actually surprised we got anything back in return. Volstad isn't great, but he's a cost controlled useable pitcher for a few years.
Hendry would have spent the entire offseason trashing Z, only to release him paying all his salary and getting nothing in return.
This is a nice change. Soriano is next.

Then Dempster and then Sterling Archer. This offseason is awesome.

And I was just about to praise you for the picture of that perfect Japanese woman. You know what? I'm going to praise you anyway.

[Eli]

During an appearance Wednesday on WGN radio in Chicago, Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said that he expects Bryan LaHair to be the club's starting first baseman this season.

"Bryan LaHair is our first baseman," said Epstein. "I don't believe in the concept of 4A players. The guy can hit."

He's the only first baseman on the team at this point, so Theo kind of had to say that.

But given the way the team is shaping up for next year, they might as well give him a shot and see if they have anything there.

[Fork]

I support the Cubs burning this bitch to the ground.

But keep Soriano, just to piss off Chuck.

[BH]

I support the Cubs burning this bitch to the ground.

But keep Soriano, just to piss off Chuck.

They should start a new tradition, having soriano switch positions every game. Give the fans something to watch.