The Arizona Diamondbacks outmaneuvered other teams to sign Corbin Burnes, not just with a hefty contract but by offering him the chance to pitch near his home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The Arizona Diamondbacks surprisingly won the bidding for free agent Corbin Burnes at $35 million a year over six years, a franchise record and one more sign of a wildly robust market for starting pitcher s. But they clinched the deal by offering Burnes something no other team could: the chance to pitch at home. Burnes and his wife, Brooke, live in Scottsdale, Ariz., with their three children, all under the age of three: son Carter and twin girls Charlotte and Harper.
He can commute from home to spring training and to home games—no need to move the family. It’s a great deal for Burnes, especially because the AAV and the opt-out after two years means there is no hometown discount here. A West Coast team always loomed as the favored destination for Burnes. The Dodgers came off the board quickly when. The Padres have payroll restraints. The Mariners did not need a starter. The Giants were a possibility, but they could not compete with the home court advantage of Arizona. The D-Backs can run out a deep rotation of Burnes, Zac Gallen, Eduardo Rodríguez, Merrill Kelly, Brandon Pfaadt, Ryne Nelson and Jordan Montgomery. They are in a better position to trade from that depth, but Gallen is a free agent after next season due for Burnes-like money. Over the past two seasons, the NL West has loaded up on premier starting pitchers, adding Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dylan Cease, Snell (twice, who also had a West Coast preference), Rodríguez, Montgomery and Burnes. Arizona won 89 games last year even with a pitching staff that ranked fourth worst in MLB. The addition of Burnes keeps the D-Backs in contention in a deep division
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