Royals Willing to Trade Zack Greinke

by Tom Fornelli

Filed under: Royals

For any team out there looking to bolster its starting rotation in 2011 this winter, if you lose out on the Cliff Lee sweepstakes -- which are growing more expensive by the day -- there could be a pretty nice alternative out there for you. Though the price you pay won't be dollars as much as players. The Kansas City Royals seem to be ready to start entertaining offers for their ace, Zack Greinke.

"Nothing has changed at all," general manager Dayton Moore told the Kansas City Star. "We know it's going to make sense, at some point in time, to do something if we can't sign him beyond 2012. We've just got to measure how (any deal) fits in today and long-term."

Now this doesn't mean that the Royals are full-speed ahead in their efforts to move Greinke, just that they're acknowledging they may have no choice. Moore says that if the right deal comes along this winter, then the team would have to seriously consider moving its ace. If that deal doesn't come until July, he'll take the same approach. This doesn't mean that the team isn't still holding out some hope that it can sign Greinke to an extension before his current deal expires in 2012, just that the Royals know they need to prepare in case that doesn't happen.

 

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