Juan Soto was considered the biggest player in the U.S. Major League Stove League free agent market this winter. In terms of batting ability, big market teams, along with Aaron Judge (New York Yankees) and Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers), rushed to him, the best player in the field, and the winner of the scramble was the New York Mets. The Mets successfully held Soto in their arms, guaranteeing him 765 million dollars for 15 years, the largest amount in professional sports ever, and more than 1 trillion won in Korean won.
 
In addition to Soto, heavy big names classified as the biggest fish in the world are searching for a bird's nest. Blake Snell, a left-hander from the Cy Young Award of the two major leagues, moved to the Dodgers for five years and $182 million, and Max Fried, a left-hander from the Atlanta ace, moved to the New York Yankees for eight years and $218 million, the largest contract ever made by a left-hander. Willy Adames, the biggest shortstop, went to the San Francisco Giants for seven years and $167 million.스포츠토토
 
The pitcher, who is considered the second in FA rankings after Soto and the first in FA rankings, has yet to find a bird's nest. This means right-hander Corbin Burns (30) has yet to discover a bird's nest.
 
The reason why news of Burns' contract has not yet been heard is simple. It is not that there is no demand. Burns is a resource that any team would covet. This is because it is a pitcher who can take the ace of the first starting pitcher in most teams. The amount demanded is so high that even teams that want to recruit seem to hesitate.
 
Mark Paynesand, a reporter for MLB.com , mentioned Burns' contract through MLBNETWORK on the 25th (Korea time). According to Paynesand, Burns' requirement is a seven-year contract period, with a total amount of $245 million. It has an annual average of 35 million dollars and a long term.

The contract Burns demands is the third largest in the history of pitchers. Excluding Ohtani, who is both pitching and hitting, the biggest contract ever for a pitcher in the Major League is 325 million U.S. dollars for 12 years signed by Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who joined the Dodgers last winter. Garrett Cole then signed a nine-year contract of 324 million dollars with the Yankees, followed by Stephen Strasburg's seven-year contract of 245 million dollars with the Washington Nationals.
 
In terms of Burns' current skills, he may not be greedy. In 2020, which was a shortened season due to COVID-19, Burns was a member of the Milwaukee Brewers with four wins, one loss and a 2.11 ERA in 12 games.
 
The following year, Major League Baseball played 162 games as normal, and Burns pitched 167 innings in 28 games in 2021, which is effectively his first full-time starting year, with 11 wins, 5 losses and a 2.43 strikeout and 243 ERA. His batting average was only 0.201, and his WHIP (per-inning allowance) was overwhelming enough to reach 0.94. Naturally, Burns was the winner of the National League Cy Young Award.
 

Since then, Burns has been the best starting pitcher in the Major League. In the 2022 season, he pitched in 33 games and 202 innings for the first time to pass 200 innings, going 12-8 with 2.94 strikeouts, and also played the role of Milwaukee's ace with 32 games, 193.2 innings, 10-8 with 3.39 strikeouts.
 
Milwaukee, a small market team, had no choice but to trade Burns when he declared that he would enter the free agent market after the 2024 season. Baltimore, which is aiming to win the American League East title, has given Joey Ortiz, DL Hall, and 34th overall pick in the 2024 draft to buy Burns. The team has moved to the American League East, which is famous for its fierce competition among teams in the Central Division of the National League, where many teams have relatively poor team power.
 
Burns also showed off his great performance in "Aldong in Hell." He pitched 194.1 innings in 32 starts, showing off his outstanding pitching capability, winning 15 games and losing 292 and striking out 181. However, his batting average was 0.226, the highest since he started full-time. It was the highest in Burns' personal career, and his remarkable record was 17th in the entire league.
 

Burns is a pitcher who rarely throws four-seam fastballs. Burns, who threw more than 50 percent of four-seam fastballs in 2018 and 2019 in his early career but was merely an ordinary pitcher, began to become a top-rated pitcher in 2020 when he was equipped with a cutter. His main weapon is a cutter that shoots an average of 95 miles and up to 99 miles, and he throws various pitches including sinkers, sliders, curves, and changeups. He does not throw four-seam balls, but since the cutter is so powerful, he has excellent strikeout capability as well as ground ball induction capability. While taking away 1,051 strikeouts, he has only 254 walks, which illustrates his ball control. In addition, he has good pitching capability in innings.
 
When it comes to records from 2020 to 2024, when he started to play as a starting pitcher, his contribution to victory (WAR, Fangraphic, and dotcom) stands at 21.5, the second highest among all pitchers. He is clearly a pitcher who can be recruited at a huge cost.
 

The teams with strong will to recruit Burns are San Francisco and Toronto Blue Jays. However, it is known that negotiations are rarely conducted because Burns' demand is so large.
 
What will be the new nest of Burns, the best starting pitcher in the Major League? Attention is focusing on whether he will be able to secure a contract period of more than 30 million U.S. dollars per year and more than seven years as he pleases.