Zack Greinke

At what point do we bring up a pitcher's scoreless streak without jinxing him? Do we keep it to ourselves? Whisper it to the dude sitting next to us? Write a giant cover story about it? That is, if you believe in that sort of thing. The same question arose when reading about Kansas City Royals ace Zack Greinke 's long string of goose eggs all over the internet this week, just days before he gave up his first earned run in 43 innings on Wednesday. It took only two batters: a double by Marco Scutaro before Vernon Wells singled him home with two ... Read Full Story

Meet Zach Greinke, one of the best young pitchers in all of baseball. Greinke would have already put together a couple All-Star-like seasons had he not had some setbacks. Matt Clapp from the eloquently-named blog; Sharapova's Thigh, details Greinke's journey and his battle against depression. If I'm MLB, I'm highlighting Greinke's accomplishments much more so than someone who was able to put down the crack pipe. Zack Greinke Has The Admirable Story, Not Josh Hamilton I've gotten tired of hearing about the "hero" Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton is. Yeah I'm happy for him that he overcame drug addiction, became a 2008 All-Star and ... Read Full Story

You have to give the Indians some credit for fighting it out against maybe the best pitcher in the American League in 2009 - the Royals Zack Greinke. Thursday night the Indians fell behind Greinke, who came into the game with a 1.55 ERA, 3-1, but put up a fight, tied the game in the 8th, then won it in the 10th 4-3. The win means a 27-35 mark, which again puts them ahead of the Royals in the AL Central, and means that they now are suddenly in striking distance of the White Sox and Twins, and with another couple of wins on ... Read Full Story

The many dreaded ailment for any vital joining pitcher to be placed upon the infirm list for is not an tangible earthy injury, though the mental one. Rick Ankiel ’s pitching days were numbered given he could no longer find the set upon zone. Dontrelle Willis won twenty-two games in 2005 as well as usually twenty-two since. He’s now upon the DL with the Tigers for an “anxiety disorder.” Then there’s Zack Greinke . In 2006, the twenty-two year aged Greinke was upon the DL for “psychological issues” as well as even took time divided from ball prior to returning to have fourteen starts ... Read Full Story

Yankees - Royals @ Yankee Stadium (3 games) After losing two of three to the Twins the Yankees head home for a three game series with the Kansas City Royals. The Yankees have lost 12 of 18 since winning 8 in a row after the All-Star break, and have seen their postseaon hopes begin to fade. They are currently 9.5 games behind the first place Rays in the division, and 6.5 games behind the Red Sox in the Wild Card. Kansas City enters this series losers of 7 of their last 8. They're currently in last place in the AL Central, 14.5 games behind ... Read Full Story