Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Why the Braves should pursue Greinke

 Zack Greinke, ace pitcher.  "But Hillbilly" you say "His ERA is almost a 4 for his career"   Yes, but his FIP (fielding independent pitching) shows that if he had played for good defensive teams, he would be just over a 3 ERA guy. Not to mention he's in the top 5 in WAR since 2008.

 Will he cost a lot?   in short, YES!!   The Braves WILL have to give up Delgado, Spruill,Salcedo and another piece to get him.  I have no doubt about that.  Not to mention that to extend him will cost 5 or 6 years at $18-$20 mill per year.

But he is worth it.  

You throw a 5 man rotation of :

Greinke
Huddy
Sheets
Hanson
Minor

at any team in the playoffs and you are going to be in nearly every single game.  He makes the Braves into a division winning team, and a team that can win it all.

IMO, you pay whatever they want, even IF it turns out to be Teheran and Delgado

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