- Zambrano's contract is a sunk cost, money didn't matter - Z is pretty much a non-entity at this point in his career - We got a non-entity in return who has a better chance of being valuable for the Cubs in 2012 and beyond - our new non-entity also has a better chance of being valued at the deadline Fair points. I'm fairly meh on this trade, I just hate to see Z's Cubs career end like this. Before he stopped being just a knucklehead and started being a flat-out idiot, he was my favorite Cub. Here's hoping for a randomly awesome year out of Volstad.