Zack Greinke Quotes

You really want to try to continue to pile up outs as often as you possibly can. Whether they get a hit or not really doesn't affect the way you continue to approach that lineup, especially with a five-run lead.

I could probably throw harder if I wanted, but why? When they're in a jam, a lot of pitchers...try to throw harder. Me, I try to locate better.

But I got a guy on third, I was in a jam the other day in a game, all those situations, when you need a strikeout there, in big spots. But we are very aware of that fact, that these guys put the ball in play.

My main concern is when it's 2-0, I've got to keep it at 2-0. It gives us a little more of a chance. To give up four more runs, that isn't going to get it done. I don't care who you're facing or who you're playing, it's not going to get it done.

I was never a strikeout pitcher. Why should I throw eight or nine balls to get a man out when I got away with three or four?

You've got to have one of those guys on your ball club that, when you have runners on scoring position, you know that guy is going to drive the ball and put the ball in play and pick them up.

I'm just trying to score as many runs as I can each time. The more I can make over a hundred, the better.

I'm a fly-ball pitcher, guys.

I like to hit with men in scoring position.

I don't worry about infield shifts at all - you play where you're gonna play. I'm just gonna pitch my game.

Guys don't want to get to two strikes, so you have to make quality pitches early in the count, try to get them to put the ball in play.

The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none out, for example, then I'll go for a strikeout. But most of the time I try to throw to spots. I try to get them to pop up or ground out. On a strikeout I might have to throw five or six pitches, sometimes more if there are foul-offs. That tires me. So I just try to get outs. That's what counts - outs. You win with outs, not strikeouts.

You figure when you match up against other clubs and you go through the lineup one through nine, you get to the nine hole, if you can put together an at-bat or you can see some different pitches that helps give you an advantage competitively, it can make your lineup stronger.

I just try to make the pitcher work.

You've got to try to close every inning out, take it one inning at a time, one batter at a time.

You want to score runs at the highest average you can. That's what motivates you to keep driving the standards.

You never hit a good slider or curveball; you just try to go after the mistakes.

I only got about four moves.

Typically, being under the strike zone with the sinker isn't a big issue. I need to be a little bit higher with the strike zone earlier in the count. If you miss under with one here and there when you're ahead, it's really not an issue.

Every single pitcher is making changes every single start. You can talk to any pitcher about this.

I kind of realized that when I take more pitches I put better swings on them.

If I can get on base once or twice a game, steal a bag, do something, then I'm happy.

The hunger for runs is always there, irrespective of whether I was getting runs or not.

I want to keep scoring runs consistently.

Whoever's hitting in front of you or behind you is going to determine how you get pitched, but there's nothing you can do.