Burnes makes his first start as a Diamondback tonight, coming west with a $210 million contract after spending last season with the Orioles. The right-hander throws one of the best cutter-sinker combos in baseball, alongside a slider and sweeper that generated a 46 and 47 percent whiff rate last year, respectively.

Lost in the hullabaloo over Bronx Bombing and torpedo bats is the Yankees Way at the plate. It is an approach that can serve as psychological and debilitating warfare, which Austin Wells epitomized Tuesday night with his 13-pitch at bat against the Diamondbacks’ $210 million ace Corbin Burnes.

Corbin Burnes strikes out eight batters while allowing four runs (two earned) over 4 1/3 innings in his first start with the D-backs

But what if Corbin Burnes uses his cutter on April 1 to keep them swinging and missing so much that the “torpedo bats” don’t create much advantage for the Bronx Bombers? Arizona Diamondbacks ...

Corbin Burnes, Cristopher Sánchez, and Drew Rasmussen are among the projected two-start pitchers for the first full week of the 2025 MLB season.

The Arizona Diamondbacks not utilizing Corbin Burnes as much as possible is a mistake waiting to happen as the season goes on.

But ahead of the second game of this three-game set in New York, there's already some intrigue with regard to the Diamondbacks and their recent trends. Here are three storylines to pay attention to as Arizona looks to take the series with a win on Wednesday:

Eugenio Suárez hit a go-ahead grand slam with two outs in the eighth inning after Corbin Burnes pitched 4 1/3 innings in his Arizona debut, and the Diamondbacks beat the New York Yankees 7-5 on Tuesday night to hand them their first loss.