Zack Greinke
SP · Free Agent
Bats R Throws RHeight 6'2" Weight 200
DOB 1983-10-21 Age 40.1
Hometown Orlando, FL
2023 Fantasy Rankings
NFBC ADP (15-team): 34.03, 498th
Season Projections
Source | 5X5 | GS | IP | W | L | QS | K | BB | H | HR | HBP | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ATC | -$6 | 21 | 121.0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 75 | 26 | 131 | 16 | 3 | 63 | 58 | 4.31 | 1.30 |
Steamer | -$10 | 24 | 138.0 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 85 | 31 | 158 | 19 | 4 | 77 | 71 | 4.63 | 1.37 |
THE BAT | -$10 | 21 | 121.0 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 69 | 30 | 137 | 17 | 4 | 71 | 66 | 4.91 | 1.38 |
Zeile | -$5 | 23 | 129.3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 81 | 29 | 142 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4.29 | 1.32 |
ATC projections by Ariel Cohen. Steamer projections by Steamer Projections Blog. THE BAT projections by Derek Carty. Zeile Consensus projections by FantasyPros.
Fantasy Baseball News Last 90 Days
Zack Greinke Undecided On Future

Six-time All-Star Zack Greinke is still mulling whether he’ll continue his career in 2024, Royals general manager J.J. Picollo told Jon Morosi of MLB.com at this week’s GM Meetings. The former Cy Young winner and likely Hall of Famer turned 40 in October. Greinke has spent the past two seasons pitching with Kansas City —…
Nov 10 · MLB Trade Rumors Kansas City Royals Zack GreinkeZack Greinke Undecided On His Future

Free-agent right-hander Zack Greinke is still deciding on whether he will return for another season to pitch in 2024, according to Kansas City Royals general manager JJ Picollo. Greinke is now 40 years old and doesn't have much left in the tank, but he's 21 strikeouts away from 3,000 in his career and could decide to come back for his 21st MLB campaign in 2024 on a one-year deal somewhere. The six-time All-Star and former Cy Young winner in 2009 went 2-15 with the Royals in 30 outings (27 starts) in 2023, posting a 5.06 ERA (4.75 FIP) and 1.27 WHIP with 23 walks and just 97 strikeouts in 142 1/3 innings pitched. If Greinke does run it back for one more year in 2024, fantasy managers in standard-sized formats should be ignoring him.
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Offseason Outlook: Kansas City Royals

In conjunction with this installment in our Offseason Outlook series, Steve Adams will be hosting a Royals-centric chat tomorrow morning at 9am CT. Click here to ask a question in advance, and be sure to check back to participate live! The Royals haven’t had a winning record since their storybook World Series victory back in…
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Season | Team | 5X5 | GS | IP | W | L | QS | K | BB | H | HR | HBP | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
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2010 | KC | - | 33 | 220.0 | 10 | 14 | 21 | 181 | 55 | 219 | 18 | 7 | 114 | 102 | 4.17 | 1.25 |
2011 | MIL | - | 28 | 171.2 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 201 | 45 | 161 | 19 | 4 | 82 | 73 | 3.83 | 1.20 |
2012 | LAA | - | 13 | 89.1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 78 | 26 | 80 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 35 | 3.53 | 1.19 |
2012 | MIL | - | 21 | 123.0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 122 | 28 | 120 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 47 | 3.44 | 1.20 |
2013 | LAD | $15 | 28 | 177.2 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 148 | 46 | 152 | 13 | 7 | 54 | 52 | 2.63 | 1.11 |
2014 | LAD | $16 | 32 | 202.1 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 207 | 43 | 190 | 19 | 2 | 69 | 61 | 2.71 | 1.15 |
2015 | LAD | $46 | 32 | 222.2 | 19 | 3 | 30 | 200 | 40 | 148 | 14 | 5 | 43 | 41 | 1.66 | 0.84 |
2016 | ARI | -$8 | 26 | 158.2 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 134 | 41 | 161 | 23 | 0 | 80 | 77 | 4.37 | 1.27 |
2017 | ARI | $21 | 32 | 202.1 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 215 | 45 | 172 | 25 | 0 | 80 | 72 | 3.20 | 1.07 |
2018 | ARI | $15 | 33 | 207.2 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 199 | 43 | 181 | 28 | 6 | 77 | 74 | 3.21 | 1.08 |
2019 | ARI | $25 | 23 | 146.0 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 135 | 21 | 117 | 15 | 3 | 48 | 47 | 2.90 | 0.95 |
2019 | HOU | $25 | 10 | 62.2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 9 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 21 | 3.02 | 1.07 |
2020 | HOU | $6 | 12 | 67.0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 9 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 4.03 | 1.13 |
2021 | HOU | $5 | 29 | 171.0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 120 | 36 | 164 | 30 | 2 | 82 | 79 | 4.16 | 1.17 |
2022 | KC | -$16 | 26 | 137.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 73 | 27 | 157 | 14 | 3 | 65 | 56 | 3.68 | 1.34 |
2023 | KC | - | 27 | 142.1 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 97 | 23 | 157 | 25 | 7 | 82 | 80 | 5.06 | 1.26 |
2023 ATC | -$6 | 21 | 121.0 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 75 | 26 | 131 | 16 | 3 | 63 | 58 | 4.31 | 1.30 | |
2023 Steamer | -$10 | 24 | 138.0 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 85 | 31 | 158 | 19 | 4 | 77 | 71 | 4.63 | 1.37 | |
2023 THE BAT | -$10 | 21 | 121.0 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 69 | 30 | 137 | 17 | 4 | 71 | 66 | 4.91 | 1.38 | |
2023 Zeile | -$5 | 23 | 129.3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 81 | 29 | 142 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4.29 | 1.32 |
Historic stats obtained free of charge from and are copyrighted by Retrosheet. ATC projections by Ariel Cohen. Steamer projections by Steamer Projections Blog. THE BAT projections by Derek Carty. Zeile Consensus projections by FantasyPros.
2023
Date | Opp | Result | GS | IP | W | L | QS | K | BB | H | HR | HBP | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
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Oct 1 | vs NYY | W 5-2 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.80 | 1.20 |
Sep 26 | at DET | L 3-6 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.40 |
Sep 20 | vs CLE | W 6-2 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.91 | 1.36 |
Sep 15 | vs HOU | W 4-2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
Sep 9 | at TOR | L 1-5 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9.82 | 1.91 |
Sep 3 | vs BOS | L 3-7 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7.36 | 1.64 |
Aug 28 | vs PIT | L 0-5 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.86 | 1.71 |
Aug 22 | at OAK | L 4-5 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
Aug 6 | at PHI | L 4-8 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11.25 | 1.75 |
Aug 1 | vs NYM | W 7-6 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.80 | 0.80 |
Jul 25 | at CLE | L 1-5 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7.20 | 0.80 |
Jul 20 | vs DET | L 0-3 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.50 | 1.50 |
Jul 4 | at MIN | L 3-9 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10.13 | 1.31 |
Jun 29 | vs CLE | W 4-3 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.00 | 2.17 |
Jun 23 | at TB | L 3-11 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13.50 | 2.14 |
Jun 18 | vs LAA | L 2-5 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7.20 | 1.80 |
Jun 12 | vs CIN | L 4-5 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5.40 | 1.20 |
Jun 6 | at MIA | L 1-6 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10.38 | 0.92 |
May 30 | at STL | L 1-2 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.60 |
May 24 | vs DET | L 4-6 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.80 | 1.00 |
May 19 | at CWS | L 0-2 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.18 | 0.88 |
May 13 | at MIL | L 3-4 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.60 | 0.60 |
May 8 | vs CWS | W 12-5 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4.76 | 1.24 |
May 3 | vs BAL | W 6-0 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.60 |
Apr 27 | at MIN | L 1-7 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17.18 | 2.73 |
Apr 22 | at LAA | W 11-8 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7.20 | 1.40 |
Apr 16 | vs ATL | L 4-5 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6.00 | 0.83 |
Apr 10 | at TEX | L 2-11 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5.40 | 1.40 |
Apr 5 | vs TOR | L 0-3 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | 1.33 |
Mar 30 | vs MIN | L 0-2 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.38 | 1.31 |
2022
Date | Opp | Result | GS | IP | W | L | QS | K | BB | H | HR | HBP | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 3 | at CLE | W 5-2 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.50 | 1.33 |
Sep 27 | at DET | L 3-4 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.71 |
Sep 20 | vs MIN | W 5-4 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1.69 | 1.69 |
Sep 14 | at MIN | L 0-4 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6.75 | 2.00 |
Sep 7 | vs CLE | W 2-1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | 1.17 |
Aug 21 | at TB | L 2-3 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.50 | 1.50 |
Aug 16 | at MIN | L 0-9 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.50 | 1.50 |
Aug 11 | vs CWS | W 5-3 | 1 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.42 |
Aug 5 | vs BOS | L 4-7 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7.71 | 1.93 |
Jul 31 | at NYY | W 8-6 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5.40 | 1.40 |
Jul 25 | vs LAA | W 7-0 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.80 |
Jul 15 | at TOR | L 1-8 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6.75 | 2.25 |
Jul 10 | vs CLE | W 5-1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.80 |
Jul 5 | at HOU | L 7-9 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10.80 | 2.40 |
Jun 29 | vs TEX | W 2-1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | 0.83 |
Jun 24 | vs OAK | W 3-1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | 0.50 |
May 29 | at MIN | L 3-7 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11.25 | 2.00 |
May 23 | at ARI | L 5-9 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17.18 | 2.45 |
May 18 | vs CWS | W 6-2 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.18 | 1.41 |
May 13 | at COL | W 14-10 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9.64 | 1.71 |
May 8 | at BAL | W 6-4 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.18 | 1.76 |
May 2 | at STL | L 0-1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | 0.50 |
Apr 27 | at CWS | L 3-7 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4.50 | 0.83 |
Apr 21 | vs MIN | L 0-1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.80 | 1.40 |
Apr 14 | vs DET | L 2-4 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.38 | 1.13 |
Apr 7 | vs CLE | W 3-1 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.59 | 1.06 |