Corbin Burnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed to a $210 million, six-year contract, multiple sources reported late Friday night. The deal was pending a successful physical.

Burnes, 30, was perhaps the top free agent pitcher on the market after going 15-9 with a 2.92 ERA for Baltimore last season, when he earned a $15,637,500 salary. The Orioles acquired the right-hander in a February trade after he spent his first six major league seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers.

It’s no shock Burnes landed a big contract, but the destination is a surprise. Arizona’s payroll usually ranks in the middle of the pack among big league teams, and this would be the largest contract in franchise history.

Burnes’ $35 million average salary per year would rank fifth behind Zack Wheeler, Jacob deGrom, Blake Snell and Gerrit Cole among active major league pitchers with current contracts.

Arizona is spending in an effort to compete with the World Series champion Dodgers in the NL West. The Diamondbacks, who barely missed the playoffs this year, reached the World Series in 2023 before losing to the Texas Rangers in five games.

Arizona now has a potential starting rotation that includes Burnes, Zac Gallen, Merrill Kelly, Eduardo Rodriguez and Brandon Pfaadt, which on paper is among the best in the major leagues.

Burnes finished fifth in Cy Young Award voting in his first year in the American League. He won the award in the National League in 2021. He’s made at least 28 starts in each of the past four seasons.

Burnes was the starting pitcher for the AL in the All-Star Game in July.

Burnes set a career high in 2024 with 22 quality starts. His strikeout rate of 8.38 per nine innings was his lowest since he became a starter, but his walk rate (2.22) was his best since his Cy Young season three years earlier.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Colby Rogers scored 28 points and Moussa Cisse had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks as Memphis defeated No. 16 Mississippi 87-70 in Memphis, Ten. PJ Haggerty finished with 17 points as Memphis (10-3) won for the third time in four games.

Sean Pedulla led Ole Miss (11-2) with 13 points and four assists. Jaylen Murray scored 12 and Malik Dia 11 as the Rebels had their five-game winning streak halted.

UTAH STATE 67, NO. 20 SAN DIEGO STATE 66: Tucker Anderson made a 3-point shot from the right wing with 6.8 seconds left and the Aggies (12-1, 2-0) beat the Aztecs (8-3, 1-1) in San Diego after rallying from an 18-point deficit. SDSU’s Wayne McKinney III missed a 3-pointer with two seconds left.

NO. 13 TEXAS A&M 92, ABILENE CHRISTIAN 54: Wade Taylor IV had 15 points and a career-high 10 assists, and Zhuric Phelps had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Aggies (11-2) against the visiting Wildcats (8-6).

HOCKEY

Notre Dame forward Danny Nelson scored twice, Western Michigan’s Hampton Slukynsky made 25 saves and the defending champion United States beat Latvia 5-1 in the world junior hockey championship in Ottawa, Ontario.

The United States improved to 2-0 in Group A play, while Latvia dropped to 1-1 a day after stunning Canada with a 3-2 victory in a shootout.

SKIING

Alexis Monney claimed his first World Cup victory in a downhill after a rare mistake from his lauded Swiss teammate Marco Odermatt.

It appeared as if Franjo Van Allmen, fourth out of the gate, was set to triumph after the big names failed to beat his run down the famed Stelvio course in Bormio, Italy.

But Monney, who started 19th, put down an even bolder run to finish 0.24 seconds ahead of his compatriot in a Swiss one-two.

Monney had never been on a World Cup podium before and had only two top-10 finishes to his name — 10th in Wengen in 2023 and eighth in Kitzbühel last January.

Odermatt was fifth, 0.80 behind Monney.

French skier Cyprien Sarrazin was awake and in stable condition in a Milan hospital a day after surgery on a head injury sustained in a crash during training for a World Cup downhill in Bormio, Italy.

Federica Brignone held on to her opening-run lead at a women’s World Cup giant slalom, becoming the first Italian winner of the event in Semmering, Austria, in 22 years.

Brignone could even afford a mistake near the end of her second run as she defeated Olympic GS champion Sara Hector by 0.57 seconds.