Cubs fight a metaphor for their season?

Let's get this out of the way. I am a Sox fan. So if you think I am being biased, I might be.

Carlos Zambrano and Michael Barrett came to blows in the Cubs dugout after Barrett make an error (or two) and Zambrano gave up a bunch of runs. After the scuffle, they told Zambrano to leave, and apparently Barrett snuck down and started up the rumble again in the clubhouse. Barrett ended up in the hospital with a "busted lip."

So what do we make of this? Zambrano is and always has been crazy. He's only 26 and I assumed that by the time his major league career ended he would be a historic nut case. He was supposed to be the Cubs ace and win the Cy Young and help take this team to the World Series. He had an awful April, but Cubs fans assured me that was natural and he would get better. A month later, he still sucks. So people have cried injury, but whatever the case, it just fuels his lunacy.

Barrett, of course, got into it with another volatile guy, A.J. Pierznski last season. I assumed that was on A.J. but now that Barrett has been in the wrong place at the wrong place twice, it makes you wonder. It's understandable that he is frustrated, despite his 7 HRs and 25 RBI (both on pace for career highs), his hitting line .241/.290/.412 is on pace for his worst since joining the Cubs in 2004.

So the question is, what to do? I would suspect Barrett will miss a game or two, but will they keep Zambrano from his next start? I think it's only fair. But long term, this just makes people start asking questions, MLB Trade Rumors is already talking about one or more of them moving. My Cubs fan buddy says that with the Cubs ownership in a state of flux, Zambrano is gone after the season anyway. They could trade him now while his value is high and actually get something decent for him. Barrett isn't worth nearly as much and is a free agent at the end of the season. Maybe you trade both of them.

It's hard for me to feel bad for Cub fans because they kept bragging about Soriano and how good their team would be (read: good enough to win a crappy division) but it's sad. They spent so much money on crappy players and are just going to continue to suck.