Zack Greinke Reportedly Willing to Accept Trade to Yankees

[teedubya]

****in' Yankees.

The Yankees still have their hearts set on signing Cliff Lee as a free agent, but their chances at getting a guy to ride shotgun to CC Sabathia might not be up in smoke if he remains with the Rangers.

Royals ace Zack Greinke is reportedly OK with the prospect of a trade sending him to the Yankees. That runs counter to earlier reports that Greinke isn't interested in pitching in the highly pressurized New York market, reports that stemmed from the fact that he has a no-trade clause that includes the Yankees. According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports, though, Greinke is open to going anywhere with a winning team.

"I wouldn't put it past him to go to New York," Passan's source said. "I don't think he'd rule out anybody. He says he likes New York. Especially because they're winners. He wants to go to a team that wins."

Imagine that, a player who prefers winning to losing. Stop the presses!

Seriously, though, this is eye-opening because it flies in the face of the perceptions about Greinke that have built up over the last couple of years. The no-trade clause mixed with his previous issues with social anxiety disorder and depression made it seem like the atmosphere around a team like the Yankees would make any attempt to add Greinke a non-starter. This would appear to change that equation.

What's more, Passan reports that the Royals have had discussions with the Yankees about a trade that would send Greinke to the Bronx. Obviously such discussions are in very early stages as the Yankees would almost surely prefer signing Lee to spending prospects on a deal for Greinke.

A trade for Greinke, who is 27 and signed for $27 million over the next two seasons, would come at a high price in terms of big-league talent and/or highly regarded prospects. For the Yankees, such a deal would likely have to include Jesus Montero, expected to be the catcher in 2011, and at least one of the top pitching prospects Manuel Banuelos and Dellin Betances.

That's a steep price and there would certainly be other bidders, but the Yankees are likely cheered by the prospect that the cupboard isn't bare if they can't lure Lee to their clubhouse.

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/11/30/z...de-to-yankees/

[salame]

Josh McDaniels works for the pro-personnel department

[BigRock]

Here's the entire story:

A anonymous source told a reporter "I wouldn’t put it past (Zack) to go to New York. I don’t think he’d rule out anybody."

Resume meltdown.

[Silock]

Well . . . bye.

[Thig Lyfe]

I bet they'll trade him for a bunch of great offensive players and then instead of the Royals losing every game 2-0 they'll lose every game 9-7.

[googlegoogle]

Grienke did his job.

He just produced when we didn't have all the players in the farm system ready.

Adios.

[D-Train6906]

Zack has every right to leave. Kid is elite and young, I don't blame him. However, the Royals have a few pitchers with up-side like Greinke. Montgomery, Duffy, Lamb, even Crow could turn into the next ZG. If we can win the trade, go for it.

[Valiant]

As long as we get most of their farm system ie 6-8 players.. Which I am not sure they have the quality to make happen.. What about Bostons farm system.. Or a NL team since he likes to bat..

I am actually fine with this, because he wants to win, and the Royals are only worried about their 100+mil a year they make between the big team handouts and their revenue..

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by SportsRacer

I bet they'll trade him for a bunch of great offensive players and then instead of the Royals losing every game 2-0 they'll lose every game 9-7.

*directs SportsRacer to KC's pitching prospects*
*waits*

[Shogun]

Its okay, we have Pat White

[Coach]

The problem is, I don't see anybody that is viable from NYY's farm system, and they are not exactly stellar either.
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[Jenson71]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Do some of you not remember that its Greinke himself that wants to leave? The Royals would prefer to keep him.

But we can't afford him after 2012, can we?

As a slightly more than casual Royals fan, it is disheartening. There's a lot riding on this "young talent in the minors ready to bust out" movement. But this was our Cy Young winner, our ace, our foundation. It's hard to part with a proven great talent for speculation and conjecture.

[GloryDayz]

Duh! Hell, as a fan, I'm willing to consider a trade too...

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by Jenson71

But we can't afford him after 2012, can we?

Yes, we can. This is not about money, its about timing. Zack wants to win now, and we wont be ready for another 2-3 years. Zack has heard about our incredible farm system and how we could possibly win in 2012-2013 and maybe kick ass in 2014-2015. However, he's already waited around for a very long time back when we sucked for years and he cant pitch forever. He wants to play for a sure winner as soon as possible, not patiently wait around to hopefully start winning sometime after his athletic peak.

[alnorth]

Yankee haters, calm down. It wont happen without a 3 or 4-way deal, because the Yankee farm system simply is not good enough. If a trade happens, it is more likely to be with some other team.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

Unless he is going to the Braves, keep him out of the NL East.

I wasn't aware that you were close friends with Braves "royalty".



Again, I hope that if he goes anywhere, it's to the Mets.