Next week I want to get into specifics in regards to strategy, especially when it comes to closers, but I wanted to start with a few players I’m targeting. They are by no means sleepers, but these are players I’m willing to pay more than the normal price tag to acquire:
Zack Greinke: Greinke finished with a 3.83 ERA last year, but that was accompanied by a 10.54 K/9 rate that easily led major league baseball. In fact, the next best in the N.L. was Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw, who fanned nearly one fewer per nine (9.57). Greinke ended June with a 5.63 ERA, and while it would be easy to explain his slow start by a lack of spring training since he missed April with a rib injury, he posted an 80:12 K:BB ratio over 62.1 innings, so he was actually pretty fantastic. Things normalized after that, as he recorded a 2.59 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP after the All-Star break, even with his K:BB ratio not being quite as good. And make no mistake, Greinke is no Ricky Nolasco, as his ru...
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