As the pursuit of top free agent starting pitcher Corbin Burnes drags on, questions are popping up in the baseball industry about San Francisco Giants ownership. There haven’t really been any new developments about Burnes since ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported last week that the negotiations were likely to go past Christmas,

Burnes, 30, is one of the best free agents on the market. The Saint Mary’s alum is still one of the game’s top pitchers as he has made four consecutive All-Star appearances and won the Cy Young in 2021.

The San Francisco Giants' path to signing Corbin Burnes just became clearer after the Red Sox spent on someone else.