Zack Greinke

Royal Reflections will be reliving all 33 starts of Greinke’s 2009 starts in addition to his All-Star game appearance as we head into Spring Training 2010. Game Date: April 13, 2009   Cleveland @ Kansas City Royals 4, Indians 2 / Box Score WP: Greinke (2-0) LP: Carmona (0-2), SV: Soria (4) W/L IP ER R H BB K PC ERA Record Greinke W 5...  

A migraine took away some of the time I wanted to spend blogging today. Don’t chronic migraines make life fun? So here are some links. - Lee Warren sent the time machine back to Zack Greinke’s 2nd glorious start of 2009. This is such a fun series he’s doing, re-living the magic of Zack’s season start-by-start! - [...]  

Zack Greinke made 33 starts for the Royals in 2009 and he made an appearance in the All-Star game. It was a magical year that ended with a Cy Young award for Greinke. Over the next three months, I’m going to do a series in which we relive each start, as well as his All-Star game appearance. I’ll include quotes from Greinke as they were recorded in various news stories. I’ll include quotes from various Royals bloggers, and maybe quotes from...  

Zack Greinke made his sixth start of the season on May 4 at home against Chicago. He was 5-0 with a 0.50 ERA going into the game. Something special was going and Royals fans sensed it. With the Royals leading 3-0 going into the eighth inning, the White Sox got two hits to start the inning, but Greinke got Scott Podsedik to ground into a double play. The 21,000+ in attendance began to buzz. Wilson Betemit came up to the plate and the crowd...  

Kansas City Royals hurler Zack Greinke won the 2009 AL Cy Young Award yesterday. What many people are looking for are photos of Zach Greinke's girlfriend Emily Kuchar. Zack Greinke and Emily Kuchar are slated to...read more  

CBC.caKansas City Royals' Greinke wins American League Cy Young AwardMSN MoneyKansas City Royals pitcher Zack Greinke won the 2009 American League Cy Young Award, the Royals said Tuesday. Greinke, 26, won the award with 25 first-place ...Should the Kansas City Royals Give Consideration to Trading Zack Greinke?Bleacher ReportAL Cy Young Award: Kansas City Royals' Zack GreinkeFanHouse (blog)Zack Greinke's masterpiece salvages something from yet...  

Bleacher ReportZack Greinke: A Look Back at His 2009 Cy Young SeasonBleacher ReportAs you might have heard, we have a brand new Cy Young award winner that happens to pitch for the Kansas City Royals. His name is none other than Zack ...and more »  

The results are in and, as many predicted, Zack Greinke has won the 2009 American League Cy Young Award . To this point he has also claimed: Sporting News AL Pitcher of the Year Bullet Logan Award—Negro Leagues AL's Outstanding Pitcher—Player's Choice Award KC Royals Pitcher of the Year   Cool. What does all of this mean for me? As Chris Rock might say: "I got home from work and looked in the mailbox for my Greinke Prize, NOTHIN'!" But that's...  

In discussing the Cy Young award, the debate is hindered by the question of what, exactly, the voters are judging the players on. In the 2009 NL Cy Young race, for example, people who look primarily to players’ skill sets supported Tim Lincecum. Writers who decide based on the impact a pitcher has on a team endorsed Chris Carpenter. And voters with limited cognitive abilities to analyze statistics cast their ballots for Adam Wainwright...  

One former Royals ace describes current K.C. ace Zack Greinke as a "complete pitcher." Kansas City Royals right-hander Zack Greinke and San Francisco Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum are Sporting News' 2009 pitchers of the year, as selected by a ...  

Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times on July 18: Manager Joe Maddon had his reasons for starting Willy Aybar on Saturday. Some he could explain, such as wanting to keep Aybar fresh for his primary duties as the Rays' top pinch-hitter. And some Maddon couldn't, and wouldn't, derived from extensive research and data analysis by the Rays front office staff that deduced Aybar would be a prime weapon against Royals ace Zack Greinke… "Free...  

By Associated Press -- NEW YORK — When the phone rang, Zack Greinke let it go — he didn’t recognize the number. Only after listening to the voice mail did he call back and find out he’d won the American League Cy Young Award.The Kansas City Royals ace easily beat out Felix Hernandez for the honor Tuesday after a spectacular season short on wins but long on domination. Winning left the extremely shy Greinke with mixed emotions.“Back in Orlando...  

In God we trust. All others bring data. -W. Edwards Deming Along with Zack Greinke's 2009 American League Cy Young Award came a widely-circulated article by Tyler Kepner in the New York Times. In the article, Brian Bannister is quoted, "So a lot of times, Zack would pitch for a fly ball at our park instead of a ground ball, just because the zone rating was better in our outfield and it was a big park." There's quite a bit to digest in...  

by Andrew JohnsonFiled under: Cardinals, Giants, Royals, MLB Awards, BaseCastIt's a baseball podcast. The math is easy, right? BaseCast. Let's rock. The American League Cy Young Award winner, Zack Greinke, was announced Tuesday and the National League Cy Young winner will be announced Thursday, so what better time for the MLB FanHouse crew to discuss both pieces of hardware. In this edition of BaseCast, Jeff Fletcher, Ed Price and I discuss...  

by Jeff FletcherFiled under: Cardinals, Giants, MLB AwardsSince Zack Greinke and Tim Lincecum won Cy Young awards this week with modest victory totals, there has been much discussion about how baseball writers are finally moving into the 21st century and looking beyond the win column. Although I'm all for patting baseball writers on the back -- since I am one, and I did vote for Greinke -- I think in the case of the NL Cy Young, my colleagues...