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The Arizona Diamondbacks' worst nightmares came existent connected Friday.
The squad announced connected Friday that aft leaving Sunday's commencement with what they primitively called elbow inflammation, their ace successful Corbin Burnes volition acquisition Tommy John surgery.
Burnes is successful his archetypal play of a six-year, $210 cardinal woody - it's the richest declaration ever fixed retired by the Diamondbacks, and it was the second-most wealth fixed to a pitcher successful the offseason, trailing lone Max Fried's $218 cardinal implicit 8 years.
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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Corbin Burnes, left, leaves a shot crippled against the Washington Nationals successful the 5th inning Sunday, June 1, 2025, successful Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
It's besides the fourth-most wealth ever fixed to a pitcher, down Yoshinobu Yamamoto's $325 cardinal implicit 12 years helium got earlier past season, and the nine-year, $324 cardinal woody Gerrit Cole (also recovering from Tommy John) signed for aft 2019.
Arizona led 3-0 successful the apical of the 5th inning erstwhile Burnes allowed a azygous by CJ Abrams with 2 outs. The right-hander past gestured toward the dugout with his mitt and yelled successful frustration.
Burnes allowed a tally and 4 hits successful 4 2/3 innings, with a locomotion and six strikeouts. He volition decorativeness his play with a 3-2 grounds and a 2.66 ERA successful 11 starts this season.
Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Corbin Burnes against the Pittsburgh Pirates astatine Chase Field. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)
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Burnes has go 1 of the game's champion pitchers, having finished successful the top-eight of the Cy Young Award ballot successful each twelvemonth since 2020. He won the grant successful 2021 aft starring the majors with a 2.43 ERA and 12.6 K/9.
Since helium became a full-time starter successful 2020, Burnes' 2.86 ERA is the second-lowest successful shot among starters with astatine slightest 500 innings pitched, down lone Fried's 2.70.
The country could apt permission Burnes connected the support until 2027.
The 30-year-old has been precise durable implicit the past respective years. He's made astatine slightest 28 starts successful each play since helium won the Cy Young Award.
Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Burnes (39) pitches against the Washington Nationals astatine Chase Field successful Phoenix connected Jun. 1, 2025. (Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
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Burnes spent his archetypal six seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers earlier being traded to the Baltimore Orioles, wherever helium stayed lone for the 2024 season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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