$200 Million Ace Projected To Cut Ties With Orioles For Powerhouse Dodgers
Baltimore Orioles ace Corbin Burnes is now an unrestricted free agent and he’s projected to be the top pitcher on the market. Spotrac projects Burnes to land a six-year, $180 million contract. Still, some experts project him to land a deal worth north of $200 million. But the question isn’t really how much money he will get. The big question is which team will be paying him this money. FanSided’s Chris Landers recently listed the Los Angeles Dodgers as Burnes’ top landing place, above the Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets, and the aforementioned Orioles. “Of course, being the Dodgers, they’re going to look to do it in grand style. Burnes grew up just 110 miles north of Dodger Stadium, and he’d be an ideal stabilizer for this pitching staff in 2025 and beyond,” Landers wrote. “Plus, getting to play for the defending World Series champions is always a compelling sales pitch,
especially when it comes with a $200 million+ contract.” Burnes initially placed himself on the Dodgers’ radar following the team’s 2024 World Series victory. Since then, he’s been seen as their top pitching target in free agency. If the contracts are equal across the board, which is a huge “if” with Mets owner Steve Cohen in play, the Dodgers should have no issue landing Burnes.
Who wouldn’t want to play for the reigning World Series champions? Especially since they won the World Series without a true ace on the pitching staff. If the Dodgers add Burnes, they would gain his and Shohei Ohtani’s arms during the 2025 season.
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Tuesday was decision day for all 30 teams. By 6 p.m. ET, every club had made decisions about who to add to their respective 40-man rosters, and a good amount of prospects were added to protect them from December’s Rule 5 Draft.
Players first signed at age 18 or younger must be added to 40-man rosters within five seasons or they become eligible to be drafted by other organizations through the Rule 5 process. Players signed at 19 years or older have to be protected within four seasons. Clubs pay $100,000 to select a player in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft. If that player doesn’t stay on the big league active roster for the full season, he must be offered back to his former team for $50,000.
For this year, that means an international prospect or high school Draft pick signed in 2020 at age 18 or younger had to be protected. A college player — or 19-year-old high school player — taken in the 2021 Draft was in the same position. All four players on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects who were eligible were protected. Additionally, there were 96 players on organizational Top 30 lists that had to be added or exposed to the Rule 5 Draft. A total of 38 of those (39.6 percent) did earn roster spots, higher than last year, but the second-lowest percentage over the past 10 years.
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