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"We're going to engage Corbin Burnes," Kendrick told Lovullo ... agency as "pretty stressful," but he also told his agent, Scott Boras, that he had no problem being patient.

Corbin Burnes explained more of his decision to join the Diamondbacks in free agency, despite interest from other teams.