
Zack Greinke will exercise the opt-out clause in his contract, CBS' Jon Heyman reports.
Kind of a no-brainer given the season he just had.
The deal would’ve paid him $71 million over the next three years or an average of $23 million a year. That’s a few million below what Jon Lester, Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander and some other pitchers make a year, but it’s likewise a low total guarantee for a guy who just put up a season in which he went 19-3 with a 1.66 ERA and will finish someplace in the top three of the Cy Young voting.
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By opting out, Greinke, who turns 32 next week, will guarantee himself anywhere from $125-150 million, one assumes.
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