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Royals Place Zack Greinke On Injured List

By Anthony Franco | July 5, 2023 at 7:33pm CDT

The Royals placed Zack Greinke on the 15-day injured list this afternoon, recalling reliever Dylan Coleman to take the vacated roster spot. Greinke is dealing with shoulder tendinitis.

It doesn’t seem to be a particularly serious issue. Anne Rogers of MLB.com relays (0n Twitter) that the Royals are hopeful Greinke may only have to skip one turn through the rotation thanks to the upcoming All-Star Break. That suggests a minimal IL stint is a possibility, though he’ll meet with a doctor tomorrow to determine the next steps in his recovery.

Greinke’s absence is unlikely to change the Royals’ fortunes much. At 25-61, Kansas City looks ticketed for a last-place finish in the AL Central and a bottom three showing in MLB. It could have some implications for the trade market if he’s not able to return around the time he’s first eligible. Greinke is respected enough to draw some attention from other clubs this summer, even as he carries a 5.44 ERA thanks to a pair of clunkers in his last three starts.

Players on the injured list can still be traded, so Greinke would be able to move even if he’s not back on the mound by August 1. That seems unlikely, though, especially since K.C. would probably only move him if the six-time All-Star seeks a trade. Greinke has signed with the Royals on successive one-year contracts the past two seasons, preferring to return to the place where he began his career over two decades ago. He is playing this season on an $8.5MM salary and could almost double that mark via an innings-based incentive package.

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  1. vaderzim

    3 months ago

    While it’s great to see him in Royal Blue again, I hope he gets traded to a contender, regardless of how well he is doing.

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      3 months ago

      With the way he’s been pitching, he’d hurt a contender with him being in their rotation.

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      • vaderzim

        3 months ago

        That’s why he needs to be acquired by a contender we don’t like. Houston maybe, despite how stupid their front office has been in the past, they have been good at acquiring and developing players… at least until they signed Jose Abreu.

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        • Blue Baron

          3 months ago

          What a crock. Houston’s front office is one of the smartest in baseball. KC and other organizations could learn a lot from them.

          And you are not “we” deciding to dislike other teams. Speak for your idiotic self.

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        • vaderzim

          3 months ago

          List of stupid things they have done:
          1) Trash Cans
          2) Supporting Domestic Violence Abusers
          3) Hiring men who are inappropriate towards women
          4) Hiring men who yell at women following Game 6 of the 2019 ALCS
          5) Firing GM after winning a World Series
          6) Firing most of the staff members after winning a World Series
          7) Maintaining a terrible relationship between ownership and the front office

          There’s probably a lot more they have done, and there’s a lot more to life than Baseball.

          I would’ve thought someone who looks like a washed-up PeeWee Herman would be able to comprehend a joke when he saw one, but much like Jim Crane when it comes to hiring decent people, I put too much faith in a failure.

          Relax man, enjoy your life, because making hateful comments and insulting people is definitely something you will be cherishing in your final years. I’m sure it’s why you get invited to lots of parties and have lots of profit in your personal life. Life is too short for this man.

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        • kmk1986

          3 months ago

          Get a life those r some stupid statements.
          There’s no value in grienke no contender is trading for him

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        • HankAaronDidGreenies

          3 months ago

          I like this gimmick. Let’s see how long it lasts.

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  2. rsfan

    3 months ago

    Ahhh any time he misses hurts his chances of 3k strikeouts…

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    • MannyBeingMVP

      3 months ago

      I do wonder if Greinke is just playing to hit the 3000 strikeout threshold. If could make the difference in him making the Hall of Fame because he has been average for so long since his earlier years when he was extraordinary

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      • nottinghamforest13

        3 months ago

        He’ll keep playing as long as teams keep paying him. The statistics are of little consequence to him.

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      • Ejemp2006

        3 months ago

        IMO Greinke had the most underrated season of all time in 2015. I STILL can’t believe he finished second in the Cy Young voting with an ERA of 1.66 and a WHIP of 0.844. If he had that trophy in his case, there’d be a much better chance of an early Hall entrance for him.

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      • YankeesBleacherCreature

        3 months ago

        I think he’s in even if he didn’t play this season. His bWAR is ahead of Scherzer’s and also firmly ahead of many HOF’ers. If inferior pitchers like CC Sabathia and Pettitte are in, it would be a travesty that Greinke isn’t it.

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        • YankeesBleacherCreature

          3 months ago

          I’m drunk so disregard please.

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      • brooklyn62

        3 months ago

        Put Greinke next to Harold Baines in the Hall of Very Good.

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    • Pageup

      3 months ago

      Needs 54, hope he gets them then retires.

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  3. Mikenmn

    3 months ago

    Can’t imagine there’s much value in a trade for him—he’s not going to be dominant, assuming he gets back on the field–and he’s very expensive. Royals probably won’t want to spend a huge amount to buy down his contract, and the incentives make marginal cost quite high. Besides that, he’s a Royal. If he were healthy and pitching well and could fit in as a third starter somewhere, useful in the playoffs, sure. But…

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    • This one belongs to the Reds

      3 months ago

      I was thinking there goes one cheap trade possibility, because Cincy will only go on the cheap, if at all.

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  4. joeflaccosunibrow 2

    3 months ago

    Would Zack’s ego allow him to work out of the bullpen?

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