Zach Greinke

All this Cy Young talk is wearing on Zack Greinke. Even when it comes from the hometown fans, Kansas City's attention-shy ace doesn't want to hear it. "It's pretty annoying, actually. I really don't like it all," he said. Sorry, Zack. When you put up an ERA that looks like a misprint and make big-league hitters slam their helmets in frustration, people are going to talk. And the buzz is building. As he heads into the final week of the season, Greinke has put himself in position to become Kansas City's first Cy Young Award winner since David Cone in 1994. The right-hander's 2.06 ... Read Full Story

The Minnesota Twins somehow missed Zack Greinke the first 14 times they faced the Kansas City Royals this season. Now, they get him twice in a week — it couldn't have come at a worse time. Greinke worked through several jams in seven innings to bolster his Cy Young Award chances and put a dent in Minnesota's postseason hopes, helping the Royals win their home finale 4-1 on Sunday. With a chance to pull within one game of AL Central-leading Detroit, Minnesota couldn't overcome Francisco Liriano's short-lived return to the rotation and let Greinke (16-8) wriggle out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs ... Read Full Story

Zack Greinke won the AL Cy Young award, with 25 of 28 first-place votes. It should have been unanimous, but I won’t quibble with that. Instead, I’d decided to bring attention to a few quotes from this NY Times article over at MLB Notebook . It talks about how Brian Bannister introduced Greinke to some saber-friendly stats (UZR, FIP). An excerpt’s below; click through for the full version . ——————————————————————————————– “”To that end, Bannister introduced Greinke to FIP, or Fielding Independent Pitching, the statistic Greinke named Tuesday as his favorite. It is a formula that measures how well a pitcher performed, regardless of his ... Read Full Story

Kansas City Royals ace Zack Greinke, hit in his throwing arm by a line drive during his previous start, played catch Saturday and should be able to make his scheduled start Tuesday against Boston. "As long as there are no setbacks, it will be Zack on his regular day," manager Trey Hillman said. "He felt fine. There's a little bit of swelling in his forearm. It's continuing to go south. We hope that's dissipated in the next 72 hours before Tuesday." Greinke, 14-8 this season with a major league-leading ERA of 2.14, was struck by a line drive off the bat of Detroit Miguel ... Read Full Story

I new he was going to get it. He sure as hell earned it. Outstanding ERA, strikeouts, Cg, IP and Read Full Story