HBT: Dodgers?sign Greinke to 6-year, $147M deal

Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times reports that the Dodgers are ?closing in on??a contract agreement with free agent starter Zack Greinke.

The deal will cover the next six years and carry a total value of $145 million if it indeed goes through.

Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reported on Thursday that Dodgers officials were ?starting to seem slightly discouraged? because of a strong push by Texas? front office and Greinke?s positive reaction to their sales pitch. But Heyman is now?acknowledging?that the script has been flipped and that it?s the Rangers who suddenly have a bad feeling about the course of the negotiations.

Greinke registered a?3.48 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 200/54 K/BB ratio across 212 1/3 innings this past summer between the Brewers and Angels.?The 29-year-old right-hander was at one point said to be seeking a seven-year contract worth more than $160 million, and it seems he?s going to come pretty close.

*********************

UPDATE, 8:26 PM: The Rangers ?have been told? that Greinke is not signing with them, according to MLB.com?s T.R. Sullivan. Which means that an announcement from the Dodgers is likely?imminent.

UPDATE, 8:57 PM: CBS Sports? Jon Heyman reports that Greinke and the Dodgers are in agreement, and that the contract is only pending a physical. It?ll wind up as a six-year, $147 million pact, which represents the highest annual average committed to a pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball.

Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/08/dodgers-nearing-six-year-145m-deal-with-zack-greinke/related

insight bowl russell brand files for divorce bowl game schedule katy perry and russell brand katy perry divorce brock lesnar retires new years