The major league baseball team located in the Sonoran Desert managed to shake some somnolent, post-Christmas cobwebs off the “hot stove” free-agency trading season late Friday, with the Arizona Diamondbacks’ acquisition of the Baltimore Orioles’ outstanding ace, right-handed starter, Corbin Burnes, according to multiple sources.
D-backs, RHP Corbin Burnes reportedly agree to 6-year deal, per multiple reports including https://t.co/Z3s2EphcSH’s @Feinsand. pic.twitter.com/ib4oxyUePZ
— MLB (@MLB) December 28, 2024
The deal, which has not been officially confirmed by either team front office, but it is expected to garner the player $210 million over six year, including a two-year guarantee, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The NY Post first reported the story.
Now this isn’t one of those record paydays, like the last two big signings, including with the…