After Zack Greinke finished second in Cy Young voting in 2015, the Los Angeles Dodgers seemed poised to give him the massive extension he was seeking. Continuing to pair him with Clayton Kershaw would give them an incredible one-two punch at the top of their rotation and make them World Series contenders for years.
The Arizona Diamondbacks had other plans.
By offering Greinke a sixth year that he wasn’t getting from the Dodgers, they were able to pry him away for the small fortune of $206 million. Greinke was one of baseball’s best pitchers this past season, but will the Diamondbacks be getting the same pitcher for their 2016 season?