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Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images “It’s a great day to be a D-back”

That was how Ken Kendrick opened the press conference this afternoon, and I think that’s a sentiment that all Diamondbacks fans can get behind with this official announcement of the signing of ace pitcher, Corbin Burnes, to a six year, $210 million deal, helping further solidify the top of Arizona’s rotation. This was a move that took the baseball world by surprise. There were no rumors of it in the press, even of a mystery team for Burnes’ services. Despite that, Burnes found himself today in a press conference introducing himself to his hometown team.

For Burnes it represented a chance to be in an organization that wanted…