MASNSports.com’s Roch Kubatko answered many of the questions he’s repeatedly asked by Baltimore Orioles fans in a recent post on his blog.
Kubatko flat out told O’s fans that there’s no way the team will make a run at free agent starting pitcher Zack Greinke.
Do you see the Orioles making a run at Zack Greinke?
Only if he steals something from their clubhouse.Let me try this again. Why won’t the Orioles make a run at Zack Greinke?
They don’t sign pitchers for more than three years. Duquette already indicated that they won’t spend big in free agency. There’s just no match here.
I never thought they would. I didn’t think they were interested at the trade deadline either.
How about Kyle Lohse though?
Greinke is a supreme physical talent, no doubt, but again this isn’t fantasy baseball. I can marvel at his stats all day long, but there’s more to this guy than stats.
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I am not suggesting that the guy should be blackballed because he has thes issues, what I am saying is that he represents a $100 million dollar risk to whatever team who takes him.
You could get a stud, front tier pitcher, or you could get a guy who missed nearly an entire season a few years back due to this disorder.
God speed to Mr. Greinke. I wish him well.