With Corbin Burnes joining the Arizona Diamondbacks, Grayson Rodriguez represents their best internal candidate to ascend to ace status.

Corbin Burnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a $210 million, six-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press

Early Saturday morning, the Orioles lost ace Corbin Burnes to free agency. To the Diamondbacks, specifically. Arizona gave Burnes a six-year, $210 million contract with an opt out after Year 2. The O's were said to have interest in retaining Burnes,