By Matthew Hendley | Phoenix New TImes
It’s no secret that the Arizona Diamondbacks are in “win mode” after their acquisition of two top-of-the-rotation starting pitchers, Zack Greinke and Shelby Miller.
In honor of the $206.5 million dollar man, Grienke — who will wear number 21 and is scheduled to start on Opening Day 2016 at 6:40 this evening — we offer up 21 reasons the team can win it all this year:
- Number 21, of course
The Diamondbacks’ most glaring need in the team’s mediocre 2015 season was starting pitching. Signing Greinke to a six-year, $206.5 million contract directly addresses that. Greinke posted an insanely low earned-run average of just 1.66 last year with the Los Angeles Dodgers.