Greinke The Great

Zack Greinke is going to get his own post after each start he makes, until further notice. Dude is untouchable right now! The stuff is just filthy good, and the fact that he can go from 95 MPH to 75 MPH, with command, is almost unfair. It's like watching Eric Gagne in his 2002-2004 heyday with the Dodgers, except that Greinke is doing this over 9 innings, not one. Last night Greinke tossed yet another complete-game shutout, with 10 K's and zero walks. He is now 6-0 with a truly microscopic 0.40 ERA. His WHIP stands at 0.84. He has 54 K's in 45 innings. He's walked just 8 batters. In his three complete games, he has yet to allow an earned run, and he's struck out 10 batters in each of the three. How many has he walked in the three complete games? One.

Seriously, I'm running out of superlatives to describe how amazing Greinke has been. His stuff is incredible and he's making hitters look foolish at the plate. And for those thinking that he's dominating bad offenses, it's actually quite the opposite. He's beaten the White Sox twice, Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto, and Texas. And the Texas win was at Texas, and it was one of the complete game-shutouts.

I just can't bring myself to advise fantasy owners to sell high on Greinke. If you own him, thank the heavens above and roll with him. The only pitchers I would rather own are Tim Lincecum and Johan Santana, and those owners wouldn't trade either of them for Greinke anyway. I'd rather own Greinke over Roy Halladay, and I love Doc Halladay. I'm a fan of Zack, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. It's a great story, consideirng how anxiety issues almost took him out of baseball a couple of years ago. As always, I would never let emotion cloud my judgment of anybody, but this guy is the real deal.