"New manager Ozzie Guillen wasn't in the fold long before dropping a note in Larry Beinfest's suggestion box: Get Carlos Zambrano.

The club's president of Baseball Operations, Beinfest did just that. Thursday, the Marlins announced the acquisition of Zambrano and cash from the Chicago Cubs for Chris Volstad. Zambrano waived his no-trade clause, as well as the $19.25 million option for 2013 that would have triggered if he finished among the top four in next season's National League Cy Young balloting.

Asked multiple times about Zambrano's history of on- and off-field outbursts, Beinfest kept referring to the pitcher's long-standing relationship with Guillen."