Fantasy Impact, Greinke to Brewers
Sunday, December 19, 2010 at 11:19AM 
It's getting to that time in the year that the hot stove is about be turned to low and the winter meetings are a thing of years past. Deals and trades are done far less frequently unless the seeds are planted at the winter meetings. This year the winter meetings have stirred the pot on "Teh Losers" greatly. The Red Sox are setting in a much better offensive position than years previous and the Yankees and Rays have added nothing with the Rays also losing Carl Crawford to the Red Sox.
Previous 3 keepers: Jose Bautista, Kevin Youkilis and Justin Verlander
Current 3 keepers: Jose Bautista, Kevin Youkilis and Zack Greinke
Assuming that the point system doesn't change or only changes slightly, I'm going to have to really consider keeping Zach Greinke now with him moving from a team (Royals) that was 20th in runs scored to the Brewers who were 12th. Also, going to the National League as well is a big bonus as well as playing in the NL Central (all those Houston, Pittsburgh and Cubs games).
The Brewers only finished 14 games behind the NC Central winning Reds so with the addition of an ace like Greinke could be enough to push them back up to the top. With this type of trade though, if the Brewers are out of contention come July this could spark the trading of Prince Fielder, Greinke and lord knows who else.
Only 56 days until Spring Training begins with pitchers and catchers reporting.
Will the Brewers win the NL Central this year?
