Talk:Zack Greinke

Potential Milwaukee trade

The Greinke-to-Milwaukee deal is far from official; at this stage it is just a rumor, and in my opinion unworthy of this article until further information comes into light.

24.148.85.140 (talk) 09:33, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

It is indeed not official, and details can change. Last night I read Yuniesky Betancourt wasn't part of the deal. We can put a note in about it, as it's getting serious coverage beyond pure rumors and speculation, but I had the page protected to ensure nobody says he's a Brewer until he actually is, because this may not happen. --Muboshgu (talk) 17:48, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

it was just confermed so can someone change it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.70.62.151 (talk) 17:55, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Brewers closing in in Greinke is about as clear a title as one can get to saty that it is not official. --Muboshgu (talk) 18:00, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

GUYS YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS BUT HE GOT TRADED TO THE BREWERS. it happened 10 years ago, but still counts. VolcanicAsh31 (talk) 04:11, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Too many images

This article isn't long enough to justify three pics in the body. Which one or two should stay? --Muboshgu (talk) 20:25, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

I went ahead and chose to remove File:Zack Greinke 2009-07-29 (3).jpg and File:Zack Greinke 2009 MLB All Star Game.jpg. --Muboshgu (talk) 19:13, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

File:Zack Greinke on July 29, 2009.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Zack Greinke on July 29, 2009.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on January 23, 2011. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2011-01-23. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! howcheng {chat} 17:46, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Picture of the day

Zack Greinke is a pitcher for the Major League Baseball team Milwaukee Brewers. He began his career with the Kansas City Royals (as pictured here), during which time he won the American League Cy Young Award, given to the league's best pitcher. In December 2010, Greinke asked to be traded, saying he was not motivated to play for a rebuilding team.Photo: Keith Allison

A lot of editorializing on this page

There are subjective opinions about a "bloated ERA" and such. It reads as a sport column, not as a wikipedia article. I would like to see some more factual observations

71.251.32.131 (talk) 02:01, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

That was pretty bad. I trimmed it to the facts. – Muboshgu (talk) 03:25, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Removing the second image

In the infobox, we already have an image of him pitching, which is obviously the type of image we want there. Ideally, we'd get an image of him pitching for his current team, the Brewers, but we don't have one yet. Anyways, in one of the sections below, there's another image of him, but he's not really doing any important in it, and it shows with the same team and in the same year as the infobox image (the Royals in 2009). I really don't see a need for the second image, because it really adds nothing to the article that's not already in it. Therefore, I'm removing it. I only posted this here on the talk page because it would be too long for an edit summary. Yankees Expert (talk) 20:49, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

There is such a thing as image overkill, but this is not it. An article of this length can easily handle two pictures. It'd be nice to get a picture of him as a Brewer, sure, but that doesn't mean we should take out other pictures. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:05, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

I get what you're saying, but we only have two pictures of him, and they're both of him playing for the same team in the same year. In one of them, he's pitching; in the other, he's just standing up. I didn't remove the second image just because of "image overkill;" I removed it because it doesn't really add anything useful to this article that isn't in it already. Yankees Expert (talk) 21:10, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

On the other hand, this image is an image of him from the 2009 All-Star game, and I feel like that would contribute more to the article than just another image of him with the Royals. Yankees Expert (talk) 22:37, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

That All-Star image doesn't seem to be of the highest quality. Besides, he's also wearing a Royals uniform there, so that doesn't add to the variety of images. There actually is an image of him with the Brewers available on Commons. I'll swap out the other image for that one. I am purposefully leaving the infobox image alone, as it is one of Wikipedia's featured pictures. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:14, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Zack Greinke/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Secret (talk · contribs) 14:48, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm reopening this review today... sorry for the abandonment Secret ^account 14:48, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay

• Lead should be expanded further per WP:LEAD.
• Doesn't he still owe the record for biggest contract signed by a right-handed pitcher. The few contracts that surpassed it (Lee, Kershaw) are all left-handers. Mention it if it's still the case instead of "at the time". If it was surpassed, mention which pitcher surpassed it.
• Ancestery.com isn't a reliable source, replace it.
• Citation 1 needs to be better organized with the other refs.
• "...education for the Greinke kids." There is no other mention of siblings in the early life section, only one sibling in personal life. Better to remove it unless you want to expand on siblings.
• "estimated that he hit close to .700 in the tournament to lead his team." - "lead of team" is repetitive here, mentioned twice already in the same sentence, reword or remove.
• The third and fourth paragraphs of early life can be combined.

to be continued....

I think i've fixed all these issues.. waiting for your continuation. Spanneraol (talk) 21:45, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

If the review's not done in another couple days ping me. He keeps saying he's gonna do it and it's still barely progressing, so I'll just do it. Wizardman 19:42, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Yea my time got diminished completely so Wizardman, can you continue doing it. I need to learn better time management skills. Secret ^account 20:34, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Would be great if one of you could finish this, or just send it back to the stack for someone else to pick up. Spanneraol (talk) 23:40, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Better primary photo??

Is there no better photograph available of Greinke to be used as the primary picture? The current one is almost comically bad. Doesn't indicate the team Greinke is on, or the team he was pitching for at the time, doesn't show his face or reveal what he looks like, doesn't demonstrate anything about his pitching style, etc. I mean, let's be honest, it's a picture of the guy's butt. Surely we can do better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iknowthegoods (talk • contribs) 04:27, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 December 2015

I wanted to edit his current statis he signed a 206 million dollar contract with Arizona and I saw no has updated it. Jotaykra Rodgers (talk) 21:47, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

• Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --Stabila711 (talk) 22:04, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

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Pronunciation

The listed IPA pronunciation guide and respelling do not match. The IPA pronunciation listed would be respelled more like "GRING-kee." The listed "GRAIN-kee" is more in common with what seems to be the common pronunciation, but I don't have any sources. Either way, I think these two spelling guides should match. SandalsProphecy (talk) 17:02, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Zack Greinke trade

Is it confirmed? Coopachup (talk) 20:45, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Coopachup, I am watching NYY/ARI right now, and they showed Greinke walking down the tunnel out of the stadium. But, it hasn't been confirmed beyond that to us, and we need 100% airtight confirmation, especially with the amount of money allegedly changing hands in this deal. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:47, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Eephus pitch - very slow curveball: range fron 51 mph - 55 mph

Greinke is getting kind of famous for using his "Eephus pitch" as a slow curveball in his repertoire that is up to 15 mph SLOWER than any listed style of pitching in the main article. The reporters and fans always make a big show out of it, when he uses his 'slow curveball' and the call it technically lob ball, EEPHUS or slow curveball.

https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/31390826

13th of April 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMI8QFJNutU (starting at 35 seconds) MLB calls him under the Video: Legendary eephus pitch-thrower Zack Greinke FIRED IN a 51 mph pitch against the Tigers!

or 54 mph Eephus pitch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy5L4L5Q0nY

So he is kind of famous for using a super slow curveball. The word EEPHUS isn't in the main article at all. How about to make a notice about his astonishing slow curveball?

Is the photo edited?

It seems that the main photo for Grienke looks edited. Is that so? Looks AI generated and should be changed if so 172.58.62.230 (talk) 17:32, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

It wasn't AI generated, but I think it was taken from so far away that a lot of features began to blur. The individual who originally changed it did so because they thought there were too many images of Greinke's delivery in the article, but I think if that's really a problem, someone could replace the image in the 2004-2010 section. There are several photos of Greinke that aren't action shots from that time period in the Wikimedia Commons. 2600:8803:F51D:C600:E136:A351:7091:1CF0 (talk) 02:06, 9 October 2023 (UTC)