Zack Greinke Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 200 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 10/21/1983 (38)
- Experience
- 16
- College
- None
Zack Greinke Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Zack Greinke News
Kansas City Royals right-hander Zack Greinke pitched well in a 1-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday. Greinke allowed just one run over six innings of work while striking out one and walking none. Despite the solid performance, Greinke took the loss, dropping his record to 0-2 on the season. The veteran hurler has a solid 2.57 ERA but his strikeouts are practically nonexistent, with Greinke totaling just seven in 28 innings of work. While Greinke has long been a consistent fantasy producer over his career, his lack of strikeout upside leaves him as a low-end streamer in mixed fantasy leagues. He will face off against the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
The Kansas City Royals have named Zack Greinke the team's Opening Day starting pitcher. He will face the Cleveland Guardians on April 7 as the Cleveland franchise dons the Guardians logo for the first time. Greinke signed with the Royals this offseason after a disappointing 2021 campaign with the Houston Astros. The 38-year-old went 11-6 with a 4.16 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP in 2021. His 17.2% strikeout rate on the year ranked in the bottom 11% of the league.
The Kansas City Royals agreed with free-agent starting pitcher Zack Greinke on Wednesday, pending a physical, according to sources. MLB Network's Jon Heyman is reporting that Greinke will make $13 million on a one-year deal. The veteran right-hander is now 38 years old and will be returning to the team that he began his major league career with way back in 2005. Greinke made 30 appearances (29 starts) for the Houston Astros in the last two and a half years, posting a solid 4.16 ERA and 1.17 WHIP in 171 innings. He'll be replacing left-hander Mike Minor, who was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, in KC's rotation. The six-time All-Star will lose a lot of fantasy luster heading to Kansas City, although he'll be in a much weaker division in the AL Central.
Batting Order
| 1 | Whit Merrifield |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi |
| 3 | Bobby Witt Jr. |
| 4 | Salvador Perez |
| 5 | MJ Melendez |
| 6 | Hunter Dozier |
| 7 | Carlos Santana |
| 8 | Emmanuel Rivera |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez |
Zack Greinke Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Whit Merrifield |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi |
| 3 | Bobby Witt Jr. |
| 4 | Salvador Perez |
| 5 | MJ Melendez |
| 6 | Hunter Dozier |
| 7 | Carlos Santana |
| 8 | Emmanuel Rivera |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez |
Zack Greinke had one of the best FIPs of his career in 2020, 2.80. Unfortunately, his ERA of 4.03 did not follow the FIP. Nonetheless, Greinke remained a strikeout-per-inning guy (24.5% of batters faced) on a winning club whose control also kept his WHIP a strong 1.17. This despite a decline in fastball velocity; after throwing about 90 from 2017-19, Greinke averaged about 88 in 2020, and the previous decline in velocity had already earned him the moniker "junk merchant" from FanGraphs in 2019. Even with all of the weirdness of 2020, Greinke is now 37, and so 88 mph could well be the new normal. That's still pretty much the only concern in his profile given how good 2020 was under the curtain. Although the floor is lower than the ceiling is high, Greinke's consistency, in his career to date whatever his velocity, is not to be underestimated. He is RotoBaller's 38th ranked pitcher and 104th overall, whereas he's the 42nd pitcher off the board based on his 114 ADP. Aim near the higher end of that range.
