7/31 08:07: Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated says the New York Mets made an offer on Chicago Cubs right-handed pitcher Carlos Zambrano. The Mets offered Oliver Perez and Luis Castillo for Zambrano, but the Cubs did not want Castillo.

Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports said this deal never had a chance. Zambrano will not be moved today.

7/30 15:48: Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times tweets, “Z says wants to stay in chicago but will waive no trade clause if cubs tell him they want to deal him.”

7/27 15:27: Buster Olney of ESPN says the Chicago Cubs have made it clear to other teams that they are ready to move Carlos Zambrano.

A couple of weeks ago PRO Rumors believed that Zambrano could be a good trade candidate. The big right-hander is owed about $45 million from his current five-year deal. Another team with a bad contract close to that amount may be able to take on the big guy and deal with his anger management issues. Earlier this month, there was speculation (read the following with no truth behind it)  about a deal for San Francisco Giants’ outfielder Aaron Rowand in exchange for Zambrano. You can read about it here.

Worst case scenario: bat him cleanup – he has 20 career home runs.

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