The signing of Corbin Burnes certainly ranks among the biggest surprises in Diamondbacks history. About the only comparable one is likely the signing of Zack Greinke in December 2015, which went from zero to “DBacks pursuing Greinke” to “Greinke in agreement with #DBacks, pending physical” in just a couple of hours, with no previous hints. Mike Hazen’s front-office has been remarkably good at keeping things under wraps. I’ve hardly heard advance word about any of their moves. That Greinke deal was slightly smaller in actual dollars, though if you adjust for baseball inflation, it works out at considerably more - $268 million in current dollars.
Surveying the D-backs landscape after the signing of Corbin Burnes
