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In an MLB winter dominated by big spenders, the Diamondbacks were able to land former Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes. Here's how they did it.

For a time this winter, the San Francisco Giants were the best bet to land Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes, who played at St. Mary’s. As it turned out, the Giants were nowhere close to competitive in their pursuit of the right-hander,

Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo is still deciding how he is going to arrange the team's lineup in Christian Walker's absence.

Corbin Burnes, who was the Orioles’ ace last season, spoke highly of his former team and said their free agency pursuit was “aggressive.”

The Arizona Diamondbacks play the Chicago Cubs at Salt River Fields on Monday, with first pitch at 1:10 P.M. Fans can listen into the webcast audio on Dbacks.co

From the day the D-backs surprised the baseball world by signing right-hander Corbin Burnes to a six-year, $210 million contract, Arizona fans have wondered who would start Opening Day. Would it be Zac Gallen,

PHOENIX — Torey Lovullo was on a flight back from New ... "We're going to engage Corbin Burnes," Kendrick told Lovullo. "We're going to see where this takes us." Adding the top starting pitcher ...

Right-hander Corbin Burnes averaged 94.2 mph with his cutter ... ‘Does he know that I’m Torey Lovullo and not Tony La Russa? That other Italian guy?’ “But it was great.