While Burnes may have spurned larger raw numbers for lower taxes and family comfort in the desert, let’s not act like he signed a minor-league deal with an invite to spring training.

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 pitchers.

In what’s become something of an annual tradition, the San Francisco Giants missed out on another marquee free agent on Friday, as righthanded starting pitcher Corbin Burnes reportedly agreed to terms with the Arizona Diamondbacks. According to ...