Carlos Zambrano- "Sign me or I'm outta here"

[fiz]

i just dont understand why they spent 100 million on lilly and whatever they spent on marquis. they should have just resigned zambrano and then whatever leftover money they had, use it on "lesser quality" pitchers.

the problem with that is that it makes sense.

[DK]

I heard the Cubs were interested...

[Dmville]

He will be signed no doubt. The cubs/tribune isn't exactly out of money. Though the cubs may have played it wrong by waiting and watching all these other deals inflate Z's price. On local radio here, Jim Hendry has said in the past they will pay him what the market dictates. They know it isn't $11m obviously and thoughts have always been in the $14M area for 5+ years.

Plus with them raising tickeet prices $2 across the board for non-season ticket holders, they are of course gonna put that to good use, right?

[JTWood]

I heard the Cubs were interested...

lmao...

As much as it pains me to say it, Zambrano's been great and does deserve a fat payday.

[acsguitar]

As a Yankees fan I'm thrilled

[pokeyjoe]

As a Yankees fan I'm thrilled

I'm a huge Yankees fan too, but what's your reason for being thrilled? The two I could see would be: (1) Now the Yankees might be able to throw some cash at him and sign him after the 2007 season, and/or (2) now another team is going to have close to the payroll of the Yanks and people can stop whining about our high payroll.

[Steelers Rule]

please sign zambrano cubbies

[RynMan]

"[Cubs general manager] Jim [Hendry] spent a lot of money. I hope he has more for 'Big Z,'" he said, the newspaper reported.

[kemper5]

If they sign him to a big fat salary their overall payroll would have to be up with the Yanks/Sox, or more?

[davidmarver]

That Ted Lilly signing looks worse and worse everyday.