Thread: Zack Greinke gives up $71 million, becomes free agent again

NEW YORK — Pitcher Zack Greinke has opted out of the final three years of his contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving up a guaranteed $71 million to become a free agent again.

Greinke was among 12 additional players who became free agents, the Major League Baseball Players Association said Wednesday, raising the total to 151.

The 32-year-old right-hander was 19-3 with a major league-best 1.66 ERA this season, when he struck out 200 in 222 2-3 innings.

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Hey Zack, the Rocky mountains are beautiful.

Originally Posted by chazoe60

Hey Zack, the Rocky mountains are beautiful.

I actually kind of expect him to sign with a smaller market if he can get anything close to market value.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

I actually kind of expect him to sign with a smaller market if he can get anything close to market value.

He just opted out of a deal that pays him $24 mil / year, which means he must feel reasonably confident some team is going to may him $25+. I think it's a safe bet that he doesn't end up with a small market team.

New York or Boston....

Originally Posted by Buff

He just opted out of a deal that pays him $24 mil / year, which means he must feel reasonably confident some team is going to may him $25+. I think it's a safe bet that he doesn't end up with a small market team.

Maybe. He's a different dude. He doesn't like the spotlight of the big markets. I think that's as big of a factor in his decision to opt out as anything.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

Maybe. He's a different dude. He doesn't like the spotlight of the big markets. I think that's as big of a factor in his decision to opt out as anything.

I think you are naive if you think his motivation was anything other than landing more than $24mil/yr coming off a career year.

Welcome to the A's.

Originally Posted by Buff

I think you are naive if you think his motivation was anything other than landing more than $24mil/yr coming off a career year.

I guess we'll find out. I didn't mean to suggest he was going to take peanuts to go pitch in Pittsburgh, but I think he'd opt for $22 mill a year in Seattle, or something like that.

St. Louis or Chicago wouldn't surprise me.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

I guess we'll find out. I didn't mean to suggest he was going to take peanuts to go pitch in Pittsburgh, but I think he'd opt for $22 mill a year in Seattle, or something like that.

St. Louis or Chicago wouldn't surprise me.

Right - but I am saying he is not going to take a penny less than $24 million, because why wouldn't you just stay in SoCal and make heaps of money unless you were reasonably confident that someone else was prepared to pay you more...

You could be right - but I'm thinking it's the usual suspects - Boston, NY, maybe Chicago or Stl for north of $25mil/yr.

Originally Posted by Buff

Right - but I am saying he is not going to take a penny less than $24 million, because why wouldn't you just stay in SoCal and make heaps of money unless you were reasonably confident that someone else was prepared to pay you more...

You could be right - but I'm thinking it's the usual suspects - Boston, NY, maybe Chicago or Stl for north of $25mil/yr.

Anyone else, and I would agree 100 percent.

I would love to say Toronto but not now that Shapiro is there building Cleveland North.

I think that USED to be the case with Greinke, but his last few years have all been in L.A. and he's done well. Sure...he may still not "like" the big city, but I dont think he'll have any problem finding someone to give him a deal exceeding the 71k he turned down.

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

........ the 71k he turned down.

It was a bit more than that.

I wonder if he would like to join Mattingly in Miami?