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| Carlos Zambrano |
The controversial player had carved his way out of the Cubs after a series of outbursts during his stay of 10 seasons with the team. The event that broke the patience of the Cubs was his leaving the stadium after cleaning his locker after a bad start in Atlanta, which led to him being suspended by the team and not throw the last two months of last season. Since then it has been speculated that the last game with the Cubs
Zambrano launch and announcement of the change is confirmed.
The Cubs will assume 15 of the 18 million that the player will accrue in 2012, while receiving in exchange for Chris Volstad, a pitcher who was promised the Marlins but has never been able to launch in line with expectations. Zambrano joins a starting rotation consisting of Josh Johnson, Mark Buerhle, Ricky Nolasco and Anibal Sanchez. But most important is to be expected that the influence of manager Ozzie Guillen on
Toro Zambrano enfoncado help keep the player and prevent getting into new problems.
The question now is whether it will not be too much work for Guillen. This is what Ken Rosenthal believes, one of the most influential columnists in major league source, who in his column for the sports portal Fox
Sports asked to cover exclusively to the Miami Marlins, due to the many stories that will generate .
Guillen already in itself is sufficiently controversial and Rosenthal and he had an altercation last season when the reporter got the manager at the time of the Chicago White Sox as the second favorite to be fired before the end of the season. Guillen, besides having to take care of their own work as a team owner Jeffrey Loria, known for its little patience with managers. What's more, Guillen also have to deal with potential unrest star Hanley Ramirez, who will be moved from shortstop to third base to make way for Jose Reyes, also a
Dominican shortstop signed as free agent by the team. Rosenthal says in his column that will be many stories that the Marlins produced this year and he did not want to lose that opportunity.
Chicago reactions are rather of relief. Although the team will give 15 million dollars to Zambrano to pitch in another place, the movement is considered beneficial to the internal atmosphere of the club. With new office and new manager, the Cubs are rebuilding the foundations of a team that is very bad three seasons and now has little room to maneuver by bad contracts has on its payroll, Zambrano included.
The Marlins move is risky. Zambrano's recovery must also be sports, it comes from a season in which he threw for 9 brand cattle and 7 losses with an ERA of 4.82, not very different from the numbers that led to Volstad to be changed by the team. But Guillen has a lot of descent on the player and it is expected that this is the key. If so, maybe Zambrano regain some of the old form that led the Cubs to give a contract for 5 years and 95 million dollars.
