A month ago the Chicago Cubs were trying to decide which of their four marginal rotation candidates would start the season behind Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster, and Randy Wells.
After all of that, it appears Zambrano is the odd-man out.
The Chicago Cubs have elected to send their veteran righty and former staff ace to the bullpen, allowing Carlos Silva and Tom Gorzelanny to continue their early-season success when the perpetually underrated Ted Lilly rejoins the rotation.
Zambrano isn’t happy about the move and if you own him, you shouldn’t be either. Lou Piniella insists it’s a temporary move, but an article on ESPN Chicago thinks it might be a little more permanent than the Cubs’ skipper is letting on.
Either way, do your best to trade Zambrano in the next 24 hours before your trade partner finds out – unless you have a conscience.
If all else fails, dump him and cut your losses.
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