I'm a Royals fan and I figured I might be able to give a unique prospective about the trade and Greinke. I haven't sifted through all the pages, but I read a few and I don't think anyone has mentioned some of this. A lot of people have been viewing Greinke's 2009 year as some kind of fluke season and that he's not really that good. Granted he did things that he had never done before and posted a better line than any current pitcher in baseball has done, but what a lot of people outside of some Royals fans don't realize is the guy an absolute gamer. If you look at Greinke's splits by month you'll notice two things about him, he comes out of the gates on fire and finishes the season that way. In 2009 he came out of the gates like he usually does and the Royals got off to as good of a start as they've had since Zack Greinke was with the Royals, as sad as it is they got off to an 18-11 start. My theory behind why Zack continued to be on fire for the rest of the season is because by the time the Royals had come back down to earth, he was actually playing for something. As selfish as it may sound he was playing for himself and maybe even the fans at that point, the stadium had a much higher attendance throughout the season when Zack was on the mound and I think it really did energize him. If he's focused and knows he's playing for something he's going to be there and he isn't going to mess around. Will he repeat 2009? I doubt it. Is be better than 2010? I truly think he is. I really hope I have the opportunity to see him play in the playoffs for you guys and get to see him dominate.
