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Greinke said signing with Dodgers was ‘obviously’ about the money

Zack Greinke may be wearing Dodger blue, but the only color that matters to him is green.

The biggest free agent pitching target this past offseason revealed what factored into his decision making process when he chose the Dodgers over the Rangers last December.

“[Money] is obviously the No. 1 thing,” Greinke said in an interview with CBS Sports. “I could play for the worst team if they paid the most. … If the last-place team offers $200 million and the first-place team offers $10, I’m going to go for the $200-million no matter what team it was.”

Greinke signed a six-year, $147 million deal with Los Angeles after going 15-5 with a 3.48 ERA last season with the Angels and Brewers. Greinke’s deal was the second most lucrative deal for a pitcher behind the Yankees’ five-year $122 million deal with CC Sabathia (Sabathia originally signed a seven-year $161 million deal with New York in 2008).

The 28-year-old Greinke has a career 3.77 ERA to go along with 91-78 record in nine major league seasons.

The former Cy Young Award winner did say there were other factors that impacted his decision to jump back to the National League, where he spent parts of two seasons after being traded from Kansas City.

“It’s boring watching American League games to me,” Greinke said. “With the Angels we had [Mike] Trout, [Albert] Pujols, [Mark] Trumbo, [Kendrys] Morales and [Torii] Hunter, but it wasn’t as much fun as watching Milwaukee’s team. There’s much more strategy. I don’t know anyone who likes the American League games better. Maybe some fans do. But if you’re not an actual DH, you probably prefer the National League.”

The Rangers had offered Greinke a similar deal to the one he accepted with the Dodgers and he would have been able to remain in the AL West as well being closer to his family in Orlando, Florida.

Greinke also dished on why he turned down an alleged $100 million offer from the Nationals, who would have signed the right-hander to an extension following a trade two seasons ago. Instead he opted to head into free agency for the first time in his career.

“I wanted to see it. If it was going to be only one year for $1 million, I wanted to see for myself,” Greinke said.

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