Who will pay Burnes $400M this offseason?

[Roll Tide]

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The Orioles will have a very good chance of signing Burnes mostly due to the plethora of pitching talent (a potential seven former Cy Young Award winners) that will be available this offseason. Burnes will be one of the more attractive options for teams, but the competition and market should allow the Orioles to compete financially. A four-year $120 million deal should be enough to lure him back to the team that will be a contender for the foreseeable future.

WBALs Blair Young likes our chances

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/do-orioles-have-chance-sign-free-agent-pitcher-corbin-burnes/62512129

[SouthRider]

I think it all depends on whether Arizona can make an offer.  If it's competitive I think he goes there.  Otherwise, it depends on how much the O's are willing to spend vs the other teams.  He might take less to stay here, but I heard his home is in Arizona. 

[Roll Tide]

6 hours ago, SouthRider said:

I think it all depends on whether Arizona can make an offer.  If it's competitive I think he goes there.  Otherwise, it depends on how much the O's are willing to spend vs the other teams.  He might take less to stay here, but I heard his home is in Arizona. 

The Diamondbacks have 125 million in 10 players. Would they really want to have at $155-$165 million in 11 players of a $199 million payroll (their 2023 amount)?
 

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/payroll/_/year/2025/sort/cap_total2

Edited 2 hours ago by Roll Tide

[bpilktree67]

1 hour ago, Roll Tide said:

The Diamondbacks have 125 million in 10 players. Would they really want to have at $155-$165 million in 11 players of a $199 million payroll (their 2023 amount)?
 

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/payroll/_/year/2025/sort/cap_total2

They could let Suarez and Pederson walk who have team options to free up money or try and move Montgomery and get part of his salary off there books but I do think they will look at adding a less expensive option.  

[waroriole]

9 hours ago, Roll Tide said:

WBALs Blair Young likes our chances

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/do-orioles-have-chance-sign-free-agent-pitcher-corbin-burnes/62512129

Lol this guy is clearly an idiot.