“Can Burnes and the Diamondbacks Outshine the Torpedoes in this Epic Showdown?”

The Diamondbacks have been one of the better teams in the league for a couple of years now. Two years ago they lost in the World Series, and while their season didn’t replicate that success last year, they were still a talented bunch. For a few years now we have been making bank on Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly leading the rotation. I was never a huge fan of their offense, but their talented bunch has proven they can hit for both power and average. When you look at the lineup there aren’t a massive amount of household names, but they work together and find ways to manufacture runs, which is really all you can ask a team to do. Rather than invest money into the lineup – and to be really clear they didn’t need to invest much there – they chose to make a splash this offseason with another Ace for the rotation in today’s starter, Corbin Burnes. This will be Burnes debut for the Diamondbacks. Last year he put together a great campaign for Baltimore with a 15-9 record, 2.92 ERA, and 1.10 WHIP. He faced the Yankees twice last season and went 0-2, but he only allowed three earned runs over 11 innings. No one on the team is overly impressive against Burnes, and Aaron Judge is 0-for-7. 

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