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The Dodgers had a reasonable chance this offseason to bring Zack Greinke back on a long-term contract. That is, until the Diamondbacks came out of nowhere on Friday night to give the right-hander an offer that had an extra year and over $50 million more than the Dodgers were willing to spend.
It started with this...
Sources: #DBacks pursuing Greinke.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 4, 2015
Less than 2 hours later the bombshell was dropped...
Sources: Greinke in agreement with #DBacks, pending physical.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 5, 2015
Poor Larry King had been screaming for the Dodgers to re-sign Greinke...
Crying in my iced coffee right now. Looks like the #Dodgers lost #Greinke. Sad, sad, sad...
— Larry King (@kingsthings) December 5, 2015
Justin Turner discussed the possibility of changing Greinke's mind...
.@clintcarlton something tells me the @deandrejordan6 approach won't work on Zack ✈️ #LA @Dodgers
— Justin Turner (@redturn2) December 5, 2015
Reactions on reactions on reactions....
Zack... pic.twitter.com/qIYCjyx9EL
— Sons of Steve Garvey (@sosgsosg) December 5, 2015
GREINKE NOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/xS5KFYAmYm
— TheConman (@akaTheConman) December 5, 2015
— Sons of Steve Garvey (@sosgsosg) December 5, 2015
@truebluela I am McCourt era embarrassed.
— K. Matthews (@Kblack42) December 5, 2015
Only 1 thing to say... Right @Dodgers fans??!!?!?!? pic.twitter.com/CL3QXKwHCb
— Bailey LA Kings (@BaileyLAKings) December 5, 2015
The Dodgers should take the $206.5M they didn't spend on Zack Greinke and spend it all on middle relievers age 35 and over.
— Ned2point0 (@Ned2point0) December 5, 2015
They will add another if/when Howie Kendrick signs elsewhere...
#Dodgers now have three picks in the top 50, and will keep at least two. Greinke comp pick + comp pick for not signing Kyle Funkhouser.
— Hudson Belinsky (@hudsonbelinsky) December 5, 2015
So basically all the "insiders" who've been hammering home "Giants or Dodgers" all week had no clue what was actually happening. Solid.
— Aaron Roberts (@BertsBall) December 5, 2015
#Dodgers react to Greinke to the #Dbacks https://t.co/yq9fHJTW2G
— MLB Memes (@MLBMeme) December 5, 2015
What the Dodgers were willing to offer...
so LA offer was about 31M per year for 5 yrs. never felt comfortable going 6 for 32-yr-old pitcher.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) December 5, 2015
Final damage of the contract...
I'm told Greinke's deal is for six years and $206.5M.
— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) December 5, 2015