feel any worse.

I would have to agree with Soriano. Early on this season, I thought Soriano was getting better defensively in left field, but he’s made a lot of errors out there since then. BTW, he hasn’t done so well at the plate. He isn’t a 30 HR-30 SB guy these days.

As far as Zambrano goes, I think he is overpaid, but I think he has and will continue to win enough games to keep that contract from being a terrible one. I don’t think it’s a good contract by any means. I just don’t think it’s terrible.

When Zambrano and Soriano are good,everbody loves them. But when the aren’t so hot, everyone jumps on them. It’s never easy to tell what a player is going to do year after year. The money may fit the man in the end. We just have to see how they do while still on the Cubs, then judge them. They may help the team beyond anyone knows in the future.

Zambrano does not “make the list.” He’s mentioned in the preamble as potentially having a bad contract – and I quote:

…but it’s a different deal because Zambrano’s still a good pitcher, and quite often an awesome pitcher. His problems are … er … tougher to define.

This is exactly what many of us have been saying about Z for a long time. Sure his contract is questionable – just about any long-term contract for a pitcher is, in some sense, questionable. But he’s a good pitcher – and that’s all that really matters (to me anyway).