What Luhnow offered for Greinke initially wasn't enough to satisfy Arizona. Greinke’s decision looked especially wise Tuesday, when David Price agreed to a seven-year, $217-million contract with the Boston Red Sox. He is … Both understood how things like this work. In what is now the biggest trade to have been made this month, the Astros have acquired starter Zack Greinke from the Diamondbacks, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports. It's why the Diamondbacks listened when Luhnow asked to talk Greinke -- and kept listening as he upped his offers. Greinke's adjusted salary with the Houston Astros is $6,950,617, To see the rest of the Zack Greinke's contract breakdowns, & gain access to all of Spotrac's Premium tools, sign up today. It's delicate. ET, it was confirmed. For having a reputation as cold and calculating -- some of it earned, some of it jealousy manifesting itself -- Luhnow does not operate like an automaton when it comes to trades. It was done. They knew Syndergaard and Wheeler weren't moving. And the Diamondbacks were so focused on shipping Greinke to them, Robbie Ray probably was staying put, too. Partnered with the USA TODAY Sports Media Group  |  Powered by, Traded to Houston (HOU) from Arizona (ARI) for, Signed a 6 year $206.5 million contract with Arizona (ARI), Extended a $15.8 million qualiying offer by Los Angeles (LAD), Exercised an opt-out clause, becoming a free agent with Los Angeles (LAD), Signed a 6 year $147 million contract with Los Angeles (LAD), Traded to Los Angeles (LAA) from Milwaukee (MIL) for, Traded to Milwaukee (MIL) from Kansas City (KC) with, Signed a 4 year $38 million extension with Kansas City (KC), Signed a 1 year $1.4 million contract with Kansas City (KC), Signed a 1 year $407k contract with Kansas City (KC), Signed a 1 year $365k contract with Kansas City (KC), Signed a 1 year $330,500 contract with Kansas City (KC), Drafted by Kansas City (KC): Round 1 (#6 overall), Drafted by Kansas City (KC): Round 1 (#6 overall), Stark: Wild and Weird, Astros-Rays ALCS Game 6, Astros push it to Game 7, and homegrown pitchers are playing a central role, Astros force Game 7, nearing history, after falling behind 3-0 to Rays in ALCS, Stark: Weird and Wild, Astros-Rays ALCS Game 5, Carlos Correa’s walk-off homer keeps the improbable within reach for Astros, $62.5M deferred to 2022-2026, makes present day contract value $193,849,298, Trade Assignment Bonus: $2M (paid by Arizona - 2019), Arizona pays additional $3.3M in 2019, $10.3M in 2020, & $10.3M in 2021. Zack Greinke Children. By using our site, you consent to our use of cookies. Three days before the deadline, the New York Mets acquired right-hander Marcus Stroman from the Toronto Blue Jays for a pair of pitching prospects. Everything was approved. Same with Mike Minor in Texas. They got a lottery ticket in Sanchez, an incredible arm on whom they hope to sprinkle their pitching pixie dust like they did with Verlander, Cole and countless others. The teams exchanged the medical information on all five players -- one of whom, the right-handed pitching prospect Martin, just underwent Tommy John surgery. Adding Greinke to a starting rotation that already includes Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole makes the Astros frightening in the postseason. ET July 31 trade deadline, Winners and losers of an unexpectedly wild MLB trade deadline, Law: Breaking down the price the Astros paid for Greinke. Some take two months, some two hours, some even two minutes. On Wednesday morning, nobody arrived at the Astros' or Diamondbacks' offices overly optimistic about the Greinke conversation going anywhere fruitful. Also, by disabling these cookies you will also disable banner ads served by Google Adsense on this website.. For more information about these items, view our complete privacy policy.Read More, Zack Greinke signed a 6 year / $206,500,000 contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, including a $18,000,000 signing bonus, $206,500,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $34,416,667. They eat like crap. There's the present and future to consider for the Diamondbacks, so they hold out. The conversation picked up the morning of deadline day, though not enough for the Diamondbacks to scratch Greinke from his start at Yankee Stadium. As they considered trading a foundation of their franchise, the Diamondbacks also flipped one of their best prospects, Double-A shortstop Jazz Chisholm, for Miami Marlins right-hander Zac Gallen, dealt catcher John Ryan Murphy for cash and, before the clock struck 4 p.m., executed that other trade, acquiring starter Mike Leake from Seattle. Wednesday was more subdued, businesslike -- perhaps a touch somber. While the 2019 deadline blurred the buy-sell line, with the Mets getting Stroman and a sub-.500 Cincinnati team dealing for top starter Trevor Bauer, this was less about next season for Arizona and more about balancing this year and next year and plenty of years after.