Zack Greinke returning to Los Angeles

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But it's the team that plays in Los Angeles, not the team named Los Angeles.

Zack Greinke is headed back to Los Angeles, but he won't be re-signing with the Angels. The right-hander has agreed to a six-year contract worth $147MM with the Dodgers according Gina Miller of TXA21 (Twitter links).

Read more at Los Angeles Dodgers Rumors: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

[Kingdom]

ProZack ... should by us all lunch.

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The fact we don't owe a first round pick to the Angels makes this even better.

That being said, I wouldn't put it past Colletti to burn the pick on an unnecessary subsequent signing of Kyle Lohse.

[HollywoodLeo]

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Signings of Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu make the Los Angeles Dodgers the clear NL West favorite - MLB - ESPN

Greinke was the top free-agent starter available this offseason and his reported six-year, $147 million contract -- now the highest ever for a right-hander -- was probably driven up by three other factors. One, the Dodgers are operating their own currency system independent of the U.S. Treasury, inspired no doubt by my great-great-great-uncle John. Two, Greinke was far and away the best starter available in free agency this year, the only one with even the potential to post a 6-WAR season. If you wanted an ace, it was Greinke or bust, with the next group of arms all looking more like good mid-rotation guys. Three, perhaps most importantly of all, baseball teams are swimming in cash, with no place else to put it but into the major league roster.

The current CBA curtailed spending on amateur talent even as the value of that talent has been increasing. If you can't put all this extra cash into the Rule 4 draft or into Latin America, you're going to put it into improving your big league club -- unless you own the Miami Marlins, in which case you're going to put it in your pockets.

oooh, BURN!!