Corbin Burns reveals goals for Diamondbacks tenure

As it is The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Corbin Burnes with a huge contract, expectations are high on the team heading into next season. Display Burns’ excitement about joining the Diamondbackshe spoke at his introductory press conference about the goals he has for the team.

Burns signed a $210 million deal with Arizona as he looks to be their ace pitcher after productive seasons with the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers. During the press conference, Burns would talk about what the team is like “built”, they are set to go far in the postseason, just as they did in 2023 in the World Series.

“This is a team that is built to win baseball games and to win the postseason,” Burns said. “They showed that in 23, obviously, they had another great year. Last year was defeated with, you know, the postseason tiebreaker deal. But this is a really good baseball team, a young baseball team, so they have a lot of years of winning ahead of them. So that was, you know, part of the reason why I looked at the Diamondbacks and some of the other teams, I said it before, I want to get in, I want to win.

Corbin Burnes expects Diamondbacks to ‘win a lot of baseball games’

While there were rumors about others teams that have higher offers than the Diamondbacks for Burnsit could show the faith he has in the team to produce not only excellent individual statistics, but also a lot of wins. Burns would echo the same sentiments in his introductory press conference that the “plan” is to get a lot of wins to prove that the “excitement” and hype surrounding Arizona is real.

“I want to win the whole time I’m here, and this is a team built for that,” Burns said. “We’re starting this thing, we’re going to keep building and we’re going to win a lot of baseball games.” So that’s, that’s the plan, and that was part of why I came here, as well as the family aspect. It was, this is a good baseball team. Just the excitement around this team and the last few years. And you know this is a team that’s going to win a lot of baseball games for years to come.”

He also talked about how he knew Arizona was the real deal when he faced them in 2023 and was hit with reality.

Anyway, the Diamondbacks finished 89-73 which put them in third place in the NL West as they were tied with two teams with the same record but missed the playoffs while the other teams made it. Now bolstering their pitching rotation in a huge way, they look to have a flawless 2025.