Zack Greinke
40-Year-Old
Free Agent
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
Intends to pitch in 2024
Greinke has communicated to teams that he plans to continue his pitching career in 2024, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports.
ANALYSIS
Greinke was said to be considering retirement as of a month ago, but he has begun to prepare for what will be his 21st major-league season and is now open to contract talks with any interested club. The 40-year-old right-hander struggled to a 5.06 ERA over 142.1 innings with the Royals in 2023, but he still has some of the best command in the game and is only 21 strikeouts away from reaching the 3,000-strikeout career milestone.
Greinke was said to be considering retirement as of a month ago, but he has begun to prepare for what will be his 21st major-league season and is now open to contract talks with any interested club. The 40-year-old right-hander struggled to a 5.06 ERA over 142.1 innings with the Royals in 2023, but he still has some of the best command in the game and is only 21 strikeouts away from reaching the 3,000-strikeout career milestone.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-12%
BAA vs RHP
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BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .305 | 56 | 23 | 146 | 18 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .268 | 114 | 27 | 169 | 21 | |||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .322 | 35 | 10 | 82 | 14 | |||
2023vs Right | .248 | 62 | 13 | 76 | 11 | |||
2022vs Left | .286 | 21 | 13 | 64 | 4 | |||
2022vs Right | .286 | 52 | 14 | 93 | 10 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-53%
ERA at Home
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ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 2.83 | 1.26 | 143.0 | 5.1 | 1.6 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 6.01 | 1.36 | 136.1 | 5.9 | 1.6 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | 3.62 | 1.34 | 77.0 | 5.4 | 1.9 | ||||
2023Away | 6.75 | 1.19 | 65.1 | 7.0 | 1.0 | ||||
2022Home | 1.91 | 1.17 | 66.0 | 4.8 | 1.4 | ||||
2022Away | 5.32 | 1.51 | 71.0 | 4.8 | 2.2 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Zack Greinke compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
4.22K/9
6.1BB/9
1.5HR/9
1.6Fastball
89.7 mphERA
5.06WHIP
1.27BABIP
.304GB/FB
1.34Left On Base
67.8%Exit Velocity
83.6 mphBarrels/BBE
5.9%Spin Rate
2237 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
27.6%Swinging Strike
7.4%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Greinke's return to Kansas City was a mixed bag. His best asset was a slightly lucky 3.68 ERA as he posted a 1.34 WHIP, his worst since 2006 as well as a career-low 12.5% strikeout rate. Greinke's saving grace was yielding only 14 homers in 137 frames. Even in his salad days, Greinke barely broke 90-mph, so averaging 89.2 mph on his fastball wasn't as crucial as losing some break and depth on his slider, curve and changeup. The veteran was limited to just 26 starts with forearm and elbow issues but ended the season with a 1.91 ERA in five September/October starts, albeit with only nine punchouts in 28.1 stanzas. Greinke will probably land a rotation spot with a club looking to chew up innings, but his lack of strikeouts makes him a huge fantasy risk, even in a streaming capacity.
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No decision yet on pitching in '24
Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said Tuesday that Greinke is still deciding whether or not he will pitch next year, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports.
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Earns second win of season
Greinke (2-15) earned the win Sunday, allowing one run on four hits and two walks over five innings in a 5-2 victory over the Yankees. He struck out two.
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Five scoreless innings Tuesday
Greinke did not factor into the decision Tuesday, allowing one hit and one walk over five scoreless innings against Detroit. He struck out five.
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Short start again Wednesday
Greinke allowed two runs on five hits and struck out five without walking a batter over 3.2 innings versus the Guardians on Wednesday. He did not factor in the decision.
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Deployed as opener Friday
Greinke did not factor into the decision Friday as the Royals downed the Astros 4-2, giving up three hits and a walk over two scoreless innings. He struck out one.
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