"Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano, whose future with the team is in doubt after the Cubs suspended him in August for the rest of the season, has placed one of his two Chicago-area homes on the market for $969,000.

Zambrano, 30, owns homes in River Forest and Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. He recently listed the River Forest house, which was built in 1999. He bought the six-bedroom, nearly 4,000-square-foot house in 2006 for $1.199 million. It has four baths, a loft, a finished lower level with a large recreation room, a three-car garage and a sunken great room with a wall of windows and vaulted ceiling.

Zambrano lived in the home for a year and a half but decided he wanted to live closer to Wrigley Field, said listing agent Jessica Rivera of Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. In 2008, "Big Z" bought a six-bedroom, 6,700-square-foot house in Lakeview for $2.66 million.

"This house (in River Forest) is just absolutely great for entertaining," Rivera said. "It has a wonderful open feel and it just has a lot of room.""