The Greinke effect

I notice that several stories have come out recently that the Royals are getting serious trade proposals from the Jays and the Yanks for Zack Greinke -- who was the AL winner of the Cy Young last year along with Tim Lincecum. Mike Silva of NY Baseball Digest says "the price will be steep."

Perhaps a few GMs are realizing that it's worthwhile to have a young starting pitching staff like the Giants, when then gives you a real shot at winning the whole thing.