How Much for Greinke?

I am harboring a dream. This dream is to have Zack Greinke, one of my all-time favorite players, return to the Royals. Greinke had a quietly phenomenal year, ending up with a K/9 of 10.5 and both an FIP and xFIP of under 3; only one of those things happened in his Cy Young 2009. He's coming off a 4yr/$38 mil contract. What would a reasonable contract look like to you? And, play GM: should the Royals try to sign him?

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Along the lines of Jered Weaver's deal

Which was 5/85 and a bit of a hometown discount. I can see Greinke getting more years, maybe 6/100 with an option at the end.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jan 16, 2012 4:22 PM EST reply actions

I think that's about right.

I’d like to sign him back, too.

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by Jack Marsh on Jan 16, 2012 4:51 PM EST up reply actions

I think some teams will shy away from Greinke (or at least reduce what they would be willing to pay him) due to his, ahem, “flakiness.” Something close to the Weaver deal looks about right, but I am not sure he could get 6 years or $100+ million.

by Gopherballs on Jan 16, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions