1 0 All Rob Reed^3530 Royals sign Zack Greinke for 4 years, $38 million 1/27/09, 01:56am Good signing. &box-Beyond hitting the 200-inning mark for the first time in his career, his 13 wins matched his total for his previous three seasons combined. Greinke's 183 strikeouts ranked fifth in the American League, tied with teammate Gil Meche, while his 3.47 ERA cracked the AL's top 10 with the lowest mark for a Royals pitcher with at least 162 innings since Kevin Appier in 1997. Greinke won four of his final five starts, including back-to-back performances of seven scoreless innings in his final two outings, against Seattle and at Detroit.-box& [Rob Reed from Sylmar/CA] Replies: