Right-hander Corbin Burnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a six-year, $210 million contract, sources confirmed to ESPN late Friday night.

After a quiet winter, Arizona gets the best pitcher on the market and Burnes gets to play for a dangerous NL West team.

The 30-year-old Burnes is everything teams want in a starting pitcher. His performance over the last five years is unimpeachable. He goes deep into games and piles up innings. He was outstanding in his limited postseason action.

He rejected a one-year, $21.05 million qualifying offer from the Baltimore Orioles on November 19.

Since 2020, when Burnes permanently joined the Milwaukee Brewers’ rotation, he ranks third in the MLB in innings pitched (816⅔), second in ERA among those with at least 500 innings pitched (2.88), second in in strikeouts (946) and sixth in home runs per nine innings (0.8) and in the top five in FanGraphs WAR (second with 21.7) and Baseball-Reference WAR (fourth). with 18.6).

Baltimore traded for Burnes last offseason, and he led the Orioles’ rotation, posting a 2.92 ERA over 194⅓ innings — his third straight 190-plus season. Burnes’ strikeout rate dropped to 8.4 per nine, and although he endured a difficult August, Burnes posted a 1.20 ERA in five September starts and then limited the Kansas City Royals to one run in a playoff start with eight innings.

Stuff+ models also love Burnes, calling his cutter the best among all starters and rating all five of his pitches above average. Pitchers with similar resumes to Burnes hit the jackpot in free agency, and Burnes was the heavy favorite to win the second-highest guarantee in the class behind slugger Juan Soto.

The New York Post was first to report Burnes’ agreement with the Diamondbacks.