Harper → Jersey → Otani → Burns, why did they turn away from SF next year? I said I'll give you as much as I can
Dec 30, 2024
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Burns and Arizona agreed to a six-year, $210 million contract, according to MLB.com . The average annual salary is $35 million, and the right to opt out can be exercised after the 2026 season, so it can be said that he wore an Arizona uniform under fairly unconventional conditions. It is the largest contract in Arizona's club history. In December 2015, he broke the six-year, $206.5 million record he signed with FA pitcher Jack Greinke.
With Corbin Burns as the ace, Arizona will be able to build a solid and high-quality rotation that will lead to existing starters Jack Gallen, Merrill Kelly, Eduardo Rodriguez, Brandon Part, Rein Nelson and Jordan Montgomery.
In response, MLB.com said 'Burns contract is a very big moment for D-Vax. Suddenly, he has the strongest rotation in the NL and has a large number of buns, he said. This means that there are many ace players.
Burns' trip to Arizona is painful for the clubs that offered him until the final stage. The San Francisco Giants in the same NL West are one of them. According to local media, Burns' most likely destinations were San Francisco and the Toronto Blue Jays until shortly before his trip to Arizona became known. These are the clubs that have moved that they need a starting ace and can give them all the money they want.
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In other words, San Francisco may have made an aggressive offer to Burns, but it did not make a bold bet to catch him. Burns chose Arizona because of its low address tax and family home, in addition to the satisfactory amount. Arizona's income tax is one-third that of California. Burns is from California, but his current residence is Arizona, where he has a wife and children. The wife reportedly gave birth to twins last summer.
Journalist Slusser said the Giants are more likely to stay in fourth place in the NL West again, considering that Blake Snell, who left the Giants, chose Arizona, and San Diego boasts a strong lineup. `The Giants are seeking to recruit Japanese pitcher Loki Sasaki, but he is an international amateur FA, so all clubs are coveting him because his contract is less than $7.5 million.'
In the end, San Francisco failed to get the FA it wanted most this offseason as well. It is about the fourth time that they have missed out on outstanding superstars. MLB.com reported that 'Burns was inherited by Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani and Bryce Harper. 'It refers to a top-class FA that the Giants entered the scramble, went to the final stage, and eventually missed out on,' he commented.
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And in December last year, he advanced to the last stage with the Dodgers and Toronto in the scramble for Ohtani, but he was also not selected. At the time, the San Francisco Chronicles said the Giants offered a contract of the same size as Ohtani was offered by the Dodgers. But failed to bring him back from Southern California, reports said.
In terms of FA, Burns will be the fourth case San Francisco missed after Harper, Judge and Ohtani. Giancarlo Stanton (now the New York Yankees) also refused to go to San Francisco. Stanton was offered a trade to San Francisco in December 2017 when he was with the Miami Marlins, but was immediately traded to the Yankees after exercising his veto.
It is not clear why superstars reject San Francisco. However, the San Francisco Chronicles said 'The Giants won the World Series three times in the not-too-distant past, and they have a strong fan base who enthusiastically support the championship. Clubs are bound to long for superstars to be known to the world. So why are the Giants always being ignored?' he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
