Scott Boras gets honest about Corbin Burnes' $210,000,000 Diamondbacks move

Corbin Burnes was introduced as a Diamondback by the team in a press conference on Wednesday evening. The ace pitcher signed a six-year $210 million deal after Arizona came in as a surprise entrant in his sweepstakes, swooping his services after not being linked to the former Cy Young winner all winter.

Corbin Burnes' agent, Scott Boras, contacted the Diamondbacks in hopes of getting a positive reply about the ace pitcher wanting to play with the team. The decision was taken by Burnes and his family, including his wife Brook, in light of them residing in Pheonix. Boras opened up about the deal in the presser (2:40 onwards):

"I think this is a classic example of a player, you know, Corbin and Brook really putting their family first. You always have the good fortune you hope to be competitive and also take care of the needs of your family, and to do it at home.

"I'm very grateful to Ken who took a phone call and then took 10 other phone calls and really did something I think that had a lot to do with not only his baseball team but his community, and understood what Corbin and Brook's goals were.

"I'm very pleased because when you have twins and you have a three-year-old, and you watch and you always remember as a parent what a [parent] has to go through at those ages. I'm so happy they get to stay at home and do it. So, Ken and Derek and everyone in the new organization, thank you."

Corbin Burnes says his family 'had to jump' on the opportunity they got

Corbin Burnes and Brook have been living in Pheonix since 2018. Since then, he has played for the Milwaukee Brewers and the Baltimore Orioles, making it tough for them to travel back and forth from the West Coast in Arizona. Things became a lot more serious last summer when Brook gave birth to twins, making it a family of five.

Thus playing for the Diamondbacks would make it a lot easier for Burnes and his family to forego the shift to a new city altogether.

"Like Scott said, the family aspect of this was huge for us, and when we heard that this was going to be an opportunity, we had to jump at it. We're grateful that we got it done," Burnes said at the introductory presser.

Burnes' $35 million annual average value of the contract does stretch out Arizona's payroll to $194 million for the current year. This will be a record payroll, but after failing to make the playoffs last season, winning 89 games, the team knows this is the right time to invest and keep them in the hunt for a postseason berth.