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Mixed messages & smoke screens surround Dodgers' pursuit of Zack Greinke

LOS ANGELES -- With the Red Sox signing David Price to a record seven-year, $217 million deal, there is one fewer high-end starting pitcher on the market for the Dodgers. While the baseball operations department remains tight-lipped on specificity, ownership partner Magic Johnson left no doubt that Zack Greinke remains atop the Dodgers' wish list.

"We all want [Greinke] back," Johnson told reporters after a news conference introducing new manager Dave Roberts at Dodger Stadium. "He's our umber one priority in the offseason."

Greinke, who finished second in the National League Cy Young Award voting after going 19-3 and leading the majors in ERA (1.