Theo Epstein, get your checkbook ready. Omar Minaya? You too. Brian Cashman... get Mr. Steinbrenner's plane gassed up. It sounds like the courtship of Carlos Zambrano begins soon.
Zambrano reportedly issued an ultimatum to Chicago's management during an interview with WGN-TV. "I want to sign with the Cubs before the season starts," the Chicago Tribune reports. "If they don't sign me, sorry, but I must go. That's what Carlos Zambrano thinks."
You can tell he's serious, because he's referring to himself in the third person.
Zambrano, just 25 years old, has a career record of 64 and 42 and an ERA of 3.29. He'd easily command more than the six-year, $126 million contract the Giants gave Barry Zito -- especially when you consider the fact that the rotations of baseball's three biggest spenders are anchored by the likes of Mike Mussina (39 this December), Curt Schilling (41 in November), Tom Glavine (41 in March) and possibly the ageless wonder Roger Clemens (45 in August).
This would probably be a good time for Cubs management to step up and prove that this winter's spending spree, which brought Alfonso Soriano and Ted Lilly to Wrigley, wasn't a one-time deal.
Originally published at About Baseball
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