Carlos Zambrano, perpetual problem child of the Chicago Cubs, is quoted as saying: “I don’t want to be making $18 million and pitch like crap.” Let’s look at this and see if we can’t find a solution.
He’s been pitching like crap on and off his entire Cubs career, so we probably can’t do anything about that part. So, let’s focus on what we can fix: the $18 million. How much should he give back? I think $16 million would probably get it done. That would mean the Cubs paid him about $220,000 per win this year.
Most of the talk about Zambrano’s short-lived retirement has been about how frustrated he is and how badly he pitched. After giving up five home runs, he cleaned out his locker and announced he was going to retire. But that’s not what we should be concerned about. Zambrano wanted out of that game and he did the one thing he knew would get him tossed: he threw at somebody.
I don’t care if he throws a punch at a teammate or destroys a water cooler (he has done both) but when the only way he can think of to get off the mound is to throw at someone, it's time for him to go.
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