Giants Interested In Corbin Burnes

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The Giants have already been linked to some prominent free agents this winter, and it appears as though  is another name on the clubs list of targets. writes that the Giants are believed to have significant interest in Burnes, and thus San Francisco joins the , , , and Burnes former team the Orioles as clubs known to be pursuing the right-hander to some degree.  MLBTR Burnes to land a seven-year, $200MM deal as the top pitcher on the free agent market, and signing the hurler at such a price would be a fascinating move for a Giants club that is to reduce payroll. The Giants Opening Day payroll last season was roughly $208.1MM (as per ) and they currently have around $154.8MM on the books for 2025 according to s calculations. Trading any of  ,  ,  ,  or  would free up some more money, but as it stands right now, theres room for San Francisco to ink Burnes for something in the ballpark of a $28.5MM average annual value and still have space for more additions before reaching the 2024 payroll number.  The Giants also havent nece sarily been acting like a team that is planning on limited spending. San Francisco has shown interest in two of the offseasons bigger-name free agents in  and now Burnes, plus the Giants had at least a check-in on  s market.  and  are two other notables on the teams radar, among le s-pricey options. And, of course, the Giants already made a big spending splurge before free agency even Tj Friedl Jersey  opened by keeping  off the market with .  was reportedly in the Chapman negotiations even before becoming the teams new president of baseball operations, and those efforts to retain a prominent star seemingly indicated that Poseys front office was prepared to take a more aggre sive stance in trying to land top-shelf talent. Signing a Burnes or an Adames would finally put to rest the narrative that the organization is unable to attract star free agents, though it remains to be seen if these forays into the top of the 2024-25 free agent market are anything more than due diligence, if Giants ownership does want to limit spending.  Burnes has some West Coast ties, as he hails from Bakersfield, California and he played college ball at Saint Marys College of California in Moraga (about 40 minutes away from San Francisco). From a purely on-field perspective, theres also a natural fit  Burnes would step right into  s shoes as the new ace, teaming with  to become one of the games better one-two rotation punches.  and  would each move a slot down in the rotation order, and San Francisco would gain some flexibility in deciding what to do with the fifth starters job. Any of  ,  ,  ,  , or top prospect  could compete for the job in Spring Training, or  could be given another shot at a starting role if the Giants dont want to just keep him in the bullpen.  Since San Francisco exceeded the luxury tax threshold last season, they would pay an additional penalty for signing Burnes or that rejected a qualifying offer. The Giants would have to give up $1MM of funds from their international signing bonus pool, and also their second- and fifth-highest selections in the 2025 draft. The club already gave up two picks (their second- and third-rounders) in the 2024 draft to sign Snell and Chapman last winter, as both players rejected qualifying offers before entering free agency.  Justin Dunn Jersey