BALLER MOVE: Draft target ~pick 90CURRENT ADP: ~106 overallANALYSIS:Greinke is once again going pretty late with an ADP of above 100. Even at age 37, he's pretty attractive at that price point given that he had managed 200+ innings three consecutive years before 2020 where he racked up 67. The strikeout rate is not going to be through the roof (8.6, 8.1, and 9.0 K/9 rates the last three years), but he is as good a bet as anybody to flirt with 200 innings pitched in 2021, which will help him ...

Houston Astros starting pitcher Zack Greinke had a 1.84 ERA in his first five starts of 2020, but he finished with a 4.03 ERA, his second-highest mark in any season over the last decade. Greinke allowed at least three earned runs in each of his last seven starts, his longest streak since 2005, his first full season in the majors. But the 37-year-old former Cy Young had a career-best 7.4 strikeout-to-walk ratio last year for the second straight season. The right-hander also had a career-low 3.3 ...

Houston Astros starting pitcher Zack Greinke will have a delayed arrival to spring training for the second straight season, but manager Dusty Baker said that the right-hander will "be here on time." "He's always on time, he's just not early," Baker said. The league's mandatory arrival date is Feb. 27 this year, so Greinke should report to the team's camp in Florida by then. The 37-year-old had a 4.03 ERA (2.80 FIP), 1.13 WHIP and 24.5 percent strikeout rate in 67 innings over his 12 starts for ...

Zack Greinke had one of the best FIPs of his career in 2020, 2.80. Unfortunately, his ERA of 4.03 did not follow the FIP. Nonetheless, Greinke remained a strikeout-per-inning guy (24.5% of batters faced) on a winning club whose control also kept his WHIP a strong 1.17. This despite a decline in fastball velocity; after throwing about 90 from 2017-19, Greinke averaged about 88 in 2020, and the previous decline in velocity had already earned him the moniker "junk merchant" from FanGraphs in 2019....

Houston Astros starter Zack Greinke struggled again, lasting only 4 2/3 innings while allowing four runs on five hits in the Astros 11-6 win over the A's in Game 4 of the ALDS. The Astros advance but have to be concerned with their veteran ace, who is sporting a 5.19 ERA in the playoffs thus far after posting a 6.08 ERA in the month of September. Greinke's stuff was missing bats, but the right-hander was burned by two home runs by the A's. The Astros await their opponent in the ALCS, but their ...

Houston Astros starter Zack Greinke allowed one run in four innings pitched as the Astros came back to beat the Twins in Game 1 of the playoffs. Greinke struck out only one and walked three hitters as he was pulled after 79 pitches. The veteran's control was all over the place and simply didn't have his best stuff. Greinke hasn't quite seen the success in the postseason that has been the hallmark of his regular seasons throughout his career. Greinke endured an awful month of September, posting ...

Houston Astros right-handed pitcher Zack Greinke has remained an elite fantasy commodity during his age-36 season despite watching his fastball velocity dip to an average of 88 MPH. With a 3.27 ERA, 2.54 FIP, and 1.01 WHIP through his first nine starts, Greinke presents a solid floor in the DFS market Sunday despite the fact that hell take on his former club, the Dodgers. In 53 career starts at Dodger Stadium, Greinke has gone an astounding 30-9 with a 2.52 ERA. The lone steady source of ...

Houston Astros starter Zack Greinke (3-0) allowed three runs on six hits in the Astros 8-4 win over the Rangers on Thursday. The veteran struck out a season-high nine hitters and Greinke has not allowed more than three runs in a game through his first eight starts. He now has a 0.91 WHIP over his last seven starts and has allowed only two home runs through 46 1/3 innings pitched. Greinke will be a solid play when he makes his next turn early next week.

Houston Astros right-handed pitcher Zack Greinke has returned to Cy Young form during the shortened 2020 season, largely on the back of not allowing batters to take him deep. Through his first six starts and 35 innings, Greinke has not allowed a home run, having amassed a 2.29 ERA. His success has been largely backed by the fact that he is holding opposing batters to an 85.3 MPH average exit velocity in addition to the increased usage of his sinker. Up to being tossed 24.1% of the time (from ...

Houston Astros pitcher Zack Greinke was scheduled to pitch on Thursday against his former team, the Arizona Diamondbacks. However, manager Dusty Baker said that Greinke will now start on Friday against the Athletics, citing the facts that the Diamondbacks "know Greinke quite well" and that Oakland's lineup is full of right-handed batters. Both teams are in the bottom-half of baseball in team batting average, so it's a good matchup either way for Greinke's fantasy owners.