by Jack Wascher
As most people who have nothing to do but watch ESPN all day know, Zach Greinke was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers today for three players whose names are of no value to any readers (the nature of most MLB trades). He will be going from a team whose best hitter is their future first round draft pick to the Brewers who have sluggers Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder. Greinke will also be transitioning to the National League, which is undoubtedly an easier league to pitch in because pitchers get to pitch to other pitchers, who invariably ground out to the shortstop.
This is set up perfectly for Greinke to finally succeed, because he is in a situation where he is set up to win without having to throw shutouts every time he goes out to the mound. Roy Halladay made the same transition by going to the Phillies from the Blue Jays and won the Cy Young in his first year. Greinke has the stuff to be a perennial All Star in the next couple of years and a key contributor to the Brewers winning the NL Central. His sweeping breaking ball, backed up with his blazing fastball, and not to mention his extremely great command with a baseball make him the future of the Brewers. He has whined and whined and whined about being traded and wanting to win, well here’s your chance sir. I believe this will be more similar to the Roy Halladay situation (i.e. instant success) than the Johan Santana situation, which has led to massive amounts of time on the DL and middle of the road performances since arriving with the Mets.
BUT, he's being transferred to a bigger market so he might have a few problems with his anxiety issues. Remember, Milwaukee is just a suburb of Chicago. Lotta pressure. Plus it means him and Ryan Braun get to have a lot of butt sex, and that creates a huge distraction for both of them AND the team. Plus Carlos Pena doesn't strike out, so that'll be tough for Greinke. Also, this article would have been better if it was tweeted. And Prince Fielder is gonna die in June from complications related to obesity. Just sayin. And I'd really roll with that twitter idea. Might take like 80 tweets but worth it. @washa9 #totalbadass
ReplyDeleteAlso once finals are over I won't be bored enough to sit at my computer and write page long fake critiques of these articles.
Ps what did i say about grossman?? Either i fucked up posting it or you deleted it, but it was quite the rant about how good he was and then he showed up BIG.