Diamondbacks ace Corbin Burnes getting Tommy John surgery in first year of $210 million deal

The Arizona Diamondbacks' worst nightmares came true on Friday.

The team announced on Friday that after leaving Sunday's start with what they originally called elbow inflammation, their ace in Corbin Burnes will undergo Tommy John surgery.

Burnes is in his first season of a six-year, $210 million deal - it's the richest contract ever given out by the Diamondbacks, and it was the second-most money given to a pitcher in the offseason, trailing only Max Fried's $218 million over eight years.

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It's also the fourth-most money ever given to a pitcher, behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto's $325 million over 12 years he got before last seaso...