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<\/p>\nOver the offseason, Baltimore Orioles ace Corbin Burnes was the most sought-after pitcher on the market.<\/p>\n
The righty has been one of the best arms in the game for a few years now.<\/p>\n
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After some rumors and rumblings, Burnes landed with the Arizona Diamondbacks in a shocking turn of events.<\/p>\n
Bob Nightengale of USA Today recently revealed Burnes’ free agency sweepstakes wasn’t nearly the spectacle it was made out to be in the offseason.<\/p>\n
In fact, it seems as though the Diamondbacks were the clear top choice for the righty.<\/p>\n
“There were supposed to be at least two or three teams that made larger offers to Burnes before he decided to stay home and sign with the Diamondbacks,” Nightengale wrote.<\/p>\n
“Well, as it turns out, no one made a higher offer to Burnes.<\/p>\n
The Orioles stopped at $180 million.<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays’ offer was not only low, but was 75% deferred, which Burnes never took seriously. The San Francisco Giants’ pursuit of Burnes stopped before it really got started.”<\/p>\n
“This,” Burnes says, via Nightengale, “was by far the best offer that we had.”<\/em><\/p>\n To find out the Orioles weren’t willing to eclipse the $200 million mark is a bit surprising, especially considering how depleted their pitching staff is this season.<\/p>\n Baltimore might watch its season go down the drain because of the pitching staff, yet it let one of the best pitchers in the league walk away in free agency.<\/p>\n It’s also shocking to find out the Giants, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, and New York Yankees never came close to landing him.<\/p>\n As shocking as it was at the time, Burnes’ decision to sign with the Diamondbacks seems like it was an easy one. And it was definitely the right one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the offseason, Baltimore Orioles ace Corbin Burnes was the most sought-after pitcher on the market. The righty has been one of the best arms in the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n