{"id":92613,"date":"2024-12-23T21:46:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T02:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=92613"},"modified":"2024-12-23T21:46:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T02:46:26","slug":"corbin-burnes-landing-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/23\/corbin-burnes-landing-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumor: Landing Spots for Free Agent Ace Narrowed Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Jim Bowden of the Athletic, the top suitors for free agent starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/burneco01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-23_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corbin Burnes<\/a> are narrowing down. The Toronto Blue Jays and the San Francisco Giants are the top two landing spots for Burnes, with the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles still in the running. We shouldn&#8217;t rule out the Orioles, who Burnes could re-sign with if they offer him a juicy deal. The 30-year-old righty is a highly coveted free agent who dominated in 2024 with a 15-9 record, a 2.92 ERA, and 181 strikeouts with the Orioles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What is <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBowdenGM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JimBowdenGM<\/a> hearing about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/burneco01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-23_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corbin Burnes<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most likely landing spots for Burnes are the Blue Jays or Giants with the Red Sox and Orioles still possibilities, and I think he\u2019ll sign with whoever offers the most years and dollars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>? <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UxU2lxKRWt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/UxU2lxKRWt<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nUaNx7ckGH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nUaNx7ckGH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Athletic (@TheAthletic) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic\/status\/1871307302063747485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Teams in the Running for Corbin Burnes Narrowing Down<\/h2>\n<h3>Top Suitors For Burnes<\/h3>\n<p>The Blue Jays, Red Sox, and Giants are the top three teams remaining in the running to land Burnes. he would be an elite addition for the Blue Jays who have been fairly quiet so far this offseason. They have only added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gimenan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-23_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/10\/yimi-garcia-signs-two-year-deal-blue-jays\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">brought back<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/garciyi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-23_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yimi Garc\u00eda<\/a>. The Blue Jays need a starter, and Burnes would be a huge signing for them. The Giants met with Scott Boras and boosted their offer for Burnes over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this offseason, Boston acquired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/crochga01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-23_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Garrett Crochet<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chapmar01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-23_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aroldis Chapman<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sandopa02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-23_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Sandoval<\/a>. They&#8217;ve been aggressive this offseason, and Burnes will go after his best offer, meaning all remaining teams will be on the hunt. The Giants already bolstered their roster with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/07\/sf-giants-sign-willy-adames-seven-year-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">franchise-record signing<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/adamewi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-23_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Willy Adames<\/a>. Blue Jays fans are still waiting for Toronto to make their big signing this offseason. While the acquisition of Gim\u00e9nez was a step in the right direction, the Blue Jays still have a lot of work to do this offseason. Burnes is likely awaiting to see what happens with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/guerrvl02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-23_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bichebo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-12-23_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bo Bichette<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/12\/23\/dodgers-potentially-interested-trade-bo-bichette\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Trade rumors<\/a> for Bichette continue to swirl, as well as for Guerrero. While the offseason is still young, any of these teams will need to make a sizable offer to land the ace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Jim Bowden of the Athletic, the top suitors for free agent starting pitcher Corbin Burnes are narrowing down. The Toronto Blue Jays and the San Francisco Giants are the top two landing spots for Burnes, with the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles still in the running. We shouldn&#8217;t rule out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4831,"featured_media":92679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,35],"tags":[3903,1608,2231,3614,1612,640,3174,3494],"class_list":["post-92613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-news","tag-andres-gimenez","tag-bo-bichette","tag-corbin-burnes","tag-garrett-crochet","tag-scott-boras","tag-vladimir-guerrero-jr","tag-willy-adames","tag-yimi-garcia"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92613"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92680,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92613\/revisions\/92680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}