Greinke reflects on disappointing season

PHOENIX — Right-hander Zack Greinke said if the D-backs were in the playoffs the stiff shoulder that caused him to miss his final two starts of the season would not prevent him from pitching.

That the D-backs fell out of playoff contention so early this season is a surprise to Greinke, who spurned the Dodgers and Giants — two teams on track to make the playoffs — to sign a six-year, $206.5 million free-agent deal with Arizona last December.

“As a whole, it didn’t go as planned, for the team and myself for the most part,” Greinke said. “Just a couple of injuries earlier and not getting off on a good foot. I thought we were going to do a lot better than we did. High expectations and not a lot went right. The effort was there. It’s a really hard-working team, a really focused team, really just not a lot of things went right. It was bad all the way around for the most part.”

Greinke finished the season 13-7 with a 4.37 ERA in 26 …

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