Zack Greinke is renewing acquaintances during his highly anticipated return to Los Angeles this week. But, alas, he is not starting in L.A.
This is purely a social visit for the man who opted out of his Dodgers deal and signed a whopping, six-year, $206.5 million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks over the winter. His ex-teammates will find themselves on the business end of his pitches somewhere down the line this summer and, yes, when that happens, it sure will be different.
"It will be really weird," Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis says. "It already is really weird seeing him on TV wearing a different uniform.