Zack Greinke, in the powder blues Plan B for the Texas Rangers is thus gone.
OK. Now what?
I honestly wasn't in love with giving Cliff Lee all that money and all those guaranteed years. I wasn't in love with giving up four high-profile prospects for a guy with social anxiety disorders.
However, it was the best move.
Chances are, Greinke would've cost the Rangers Jurickson Profar, Martin Perez and Derek Holland at the least and probably would require one other youngster.
I make that trade in a second. Prospects don't help this year. Probably don't help next year. May never help. As good as those guys look now, they have a better chance at failing than succeeding.
However, Greinke wasn't in the cards. The Royals got several Major-League ready pieces. Maybe that's what they wanted more than the unknown, yet, higher-ceilinged prospect.
It's another swing and miss for GM Jon Daniels and the new ownership group. The deepest farm system in the Majors can't give their prospects away.
Hopefully, the final response better not be Seth McClung. More like Matt Garza. Wouldn't be totally against Fausto Carmona. Again, not in love with it.
