Marlins Trade SP Chris Volstad to Cubs for SP Carlos Zambrano

[emkayseven]

I came twice

[THE_REAL_MIBS]

@joecapMARLINS: Just spoke to #Marlins pitcher Chris Volstad who said he has not been contacted by the team about a possible trade to #Cubs.

/Twitter

[Big Z]

Incredible deal considering they ate ALL his salary.

[emkayseven]

If they didn't eat it all Zambrano would have

Now THERE'S a fat joke

[Ramp]

I guess Volstad does have value if the Cubs were willing to eat the entire salary

[lou]

2012
C John Buck $6,000,000
1B Gaby Sanchez $500,000
2B Omar Infante $4,000,000
3B Hanley Ramirez $15,000,000
SS Jose Reyes $10,000,000
LF Logan Morrison $490,000
CF Emilio Bonifacio $2,000,000 arb projection
RF Mike Stanton $490,000
B Greg Dobbs $1,500,000
B Donnie Murphy $700,000 arb projection
B Chris Coghlan $550,000
B Bryan Petersen $490,000
B Brett Hayes $490,000

SP Josh Johnson $13,750,000
SP Mark Buerhle $6,000,000
SP Ricky Nolasco $9,000,000
SP Anibal Sanchez $7,500,000 arb projection
SP Carlos Zambrano $500,000 lulz
RP Heath Bell $6,000,000
RP Edward Mujica $1,600,000 arb projection
RP Randy Choate $1,500,000
RP Ryan Webb $500,000
RP Mike Dunn $490,000
RP Steve Cishek $490,000
RP Jose Ceda $480,000

$90,020,000

Not listed - Oviedo, roughly $6 million if he is on payroll

[HUGG]

/Twitter

They won't contact Volstad until the deal is actually done.

[Big Z]

Considering the value SP's have this off-season, I am not surprised, which is another reason why I wanted to trade Ricky.

[Ramp]

Except Ricky isn't good

[Erick]

So they pay all the salaries and we get the better pitcher? Yay!

[Mainge]

They're paying 20 million for Chris Volstad, basically.

[Big Z]

He's obviously not bringing a Gio/Garza type return, but we can bring something decent. The guy can pitch, he just needs to get his head out of his ass. Maybe the rest of the rotation will put pressure on Nolasco and he will finally pitch to his actual potential.

[Erick]

2012
C John Buck $6,000,000
1B Gaby Sanchez $500,000
2B Omar Infante $4,000,000
3B Hanley Ramirez $15,000,000
SS Jose Reyes $10,000,000
LF Logan Morrison $490,000
CF Emilio Bonifacio $2,000,000 arb projection
RF Mike Stanton $490,000
B Greg Dobbs $1,500,000
B Donnie Murphy $700,000 arb projection
B Chris Coghlan $550,000
B Bryan Petersen $490,000
B Brett Hayes $490,000

SP Josh Johnson $13,750,000
SP Mark Buerhle $6,000,000
SP Matt Garza $9,000,000
SP Anibal Sanchez $7,500,000 arb projection
SP Carlos Zambrano $500,000 lulz
RP Heath Bell $6,000,000
RP Edward Mujica $1,600,000 arb projection
RP Randy Choate $1,500,000
RP Ryan Webb $500,000
RP Mike Dunn $490,000
RP Steve Cishek $490,000
RP Jose Ceda $480,000

$90,020,000

Not listed - Oviedo, roughly $6 million if he is on payroll

Nolasco.
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They're paying 20 million for Chris Volstad, basically.

mibs likes the value of the contract.

[lou]

Duh. Sorry I was playing with numbers with those rumors

[Jay]

Doesn't make sense unless another player is involved. You don't trade one starting pitcher and pay 18 million of his salary for a starting pitcher who isn't as good and is already in arbitration.