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PHOENIX – Scott Boras has been saying it for a while now ... Boras came to managing general partner Ken Kendrick with a player who lives in Arizona and wants to play in Arizona.

Boras called Ken Kendrick, the Diamondbacks’ principal ... Burnes said of the Diamondbacks. “From talking to Scott, it sounds like it came together pretty quickly. It shows how much they ...

When Zac Gallen got word from his agent, Scott Boras, that ace Corbin Burnes ... The fact that Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick was willing to stretch the payroll into the $200 million range ...

PHOENIX — Agent Scott Boras, who represents the two biggest free-agent MLB stars who still are unsigned, had to look only a few feet to his right Wednesday afternoon to illuminate his position ...