NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Corbin Burnes' $210 million, six-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks includes $64 million in deferred payments due from 2031-36, according to details obtained by The Associated Press.
Burnes gets a $10 million signing bonus payable within 30 days of the deal's approval by the commissioner's office and salaries of $30 million each in 2025 and 2026 and of $35 million in each of the following four seasons.
His deal, announced Monday and the largest in Diamondbacks history, includes $10 million in deferred money in each of the first two years and $11 million in each of the next four.
Burnes, the 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner and a four-time All-Star, has the right to opt out after the 2026 season.
If he does not opt out, the deferred money is payable $10 million each on Nov. 1 in 2031 and '32, and $11 million each Nov. 1 from 2033-36.
If Burnes does opt out, the deferred money is payable in $10 million installments on Nov. 1 in 2027 and 2028.
He has a full no-trade provision through March 31, 2027. If he does not opt out, he can specify by each March 15 starting in 2027 a list of 14 teams he can't be traded to without his consent.
Burnes would get $250,000 for winning a Cy Young Award, $150,000 for finishing second in the voting, $100,000 for third, $75,000 for fourth and $50,000 for fifth.
He would earn $50,000 each for All-Star election or selection, winning a Gold Glove, World Series MVP, League Championship Series MVP or finishing first or second on the All-MLB team.
Arizona agreed to give Burnes four premium season tickets in a best-available location at no cost for all regular-season, postseason and spring training games. Burnes is allowed to purchase up two additional tickets adjacent to the team-provided seats.
Burnes gets a hotel suite on road trips and agreed to donate 1% of his salary and signing bonus to the team charitable foundation.
He joins a starting rotation projected to include Zac Gallen, Merrill Kelly, Brandon Pfaadt and Eduardo Rodríguez.
Burnes, who turned 30 in October, was 15-9 with a 2.92 ERA last year for Baltimore, which acquired him from Milwaukee in a February trade. He is 60-36 with a 3.19 ERA in seven seasons for the Brewers and Orioles.
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FILE - Baltimore Orioles' Corbin Burnes pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against New York Yankees, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray, File)
TORONTO (AP) — Matthew Knies had three goals and two assists, Mitch Marner had a goal and four assists, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 6-4 on Saturday night.
Auston Matthews had a goal and two assists in his return after missing six games with an undisclosed upper-body injury, and Jake McCabe had a goal and an assist for Toronto, which has won three straight and four of five. Joseph Woll had 26 saves to win his fourth straight start.
David Pastrnak had two goals, and Morgan Geekie and Trent Frederic also scored as Boston lost its third straight and fourth in its last five games. Jeremy Swayman finished with 23 saves.
Knies gave the Maple Leafs a 4-3 lead with his 14th of the season at 5:28 of the third period, beating Swayman after taking a feed from Matthews from behind the goal. After Marner’s empty-net goal, Pastrnak added his second to make it 5-4 with less than two minutes remaining. Mathews sealed it with an empty-netter with 31 seconds left.
Bruins: Boston finished a winless three-game trip that also included losses at Washington and the New York Rangers.
Maple Leafs: The line of Knies, Matthews and Marner combined for 13 points on the night. ... Matthews has missed 15 of the team’s 40 games this season — also sitting out nine games in November — with Toronto going 10-5-0 without him.
McCabe’s goal, at 3:29 of the first period, was the first by a Maple Leafs defenseman since Nov. 30 when Chris Tanev scored in a 5-3 win over Tampa Bay. Coming into this game, Toronto forwards had scored 50 goals in 16 games since then.
Toronto opened the scoring for the fifth straight game and is 17-2-1 when scoring first this season.
Bruins host the New York Islanders on Sunday, and Maple Leafs host Philadelphia to open a home-and-home set.
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Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews (34) tries to move the puck between Boston Bruins defenseman Mason Lohrei (6) and teammate Brad Marchand (63) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Joseph Woll (60) gathers the puck after it struck the post without scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Nicholas Robertson (89) tries for a deflection on Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman (1) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Boston Bruins center Trent Frederic (11) celebrates his goal with teammates on the bench during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Nicholas Robertson (89) watches for the deflection on Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman (1) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Joseph Woll (60) makes a save as Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand (63) digs in during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Jake McCabe (22) celebrates his goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Jake McCabe (22) celebrates his goal with teammates on the bench during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Simon Benoit (2) watches the puck pass him on a shot towards teammate Joseph Woll (60) as Boston Bruins center John Beecher (19) looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Matthew Knies (23) celebrates his goal with teammates Mitch Marner (16) and Auston Matthews (34) during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Toronto, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
