Victor Zambrano’s claim to fame is that he was traded for Tampa Bay Devil Rays starter Scott Kazmir in one of the most boneheaded trades ever. Now the Jays have him locked up to a minor league deal after the right hander missed most of 2006 because of a bad elbow.
Zambrano has never had a great year but he’s had some decent ones so he could make a back end of the rotation starter at best or a spot starter if need be. He walks a ton of guys (382 in 683 1/3 career innings) and he has a career 1.49 WHIP but batters hit only .248 against him and he has 513 strikeouts. So this pickup probably means nothing but it’s worth keeping an eye on Zambrano once spring training camp starts up to see how that elbow is holding up.
