When the Baltimore Orioles traded for Corbin Burnes last offseason, they understood the risk of losing him a short year later.

Nonetheless, it was the right decision by the Orioles front office.

Baltimore clearly needed an ace-caliber arm, and while it didn’t fully work out for them, that wasn’t Burnes’ fault.

He was excellent outside of a few bad starts after the All-Star break, including his one postseason outing, where he allowed just one earned run in 8.0 innings.

Now that the campaign is over, the Orioles will face the harsh reality of losing him. Perhaps they give him what he’s looking for, but history would say otherwise.

The expectation is for Burnes to land a $225-plus million deal, which only a handful of teams around Major League Baseball could realistically do.

Baltimore is one of those teams, and don’t let the ownership group say anything differently.

However, there’s a scenario where the Orioles get significantly outbid. If there were to be a team that does as such, it could be the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Zach Pressnell of FanSided believes the Dodgers could be where Burnes wants to play, writing that he could “prefer” them over Baltimore.

There are so many layers to Burnes landing with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

First, if Burnes wants to win, there’s no better place in baseball than with the Dodgers.

LA will have Shohei Ohtani returning to the mound as well as a healthy Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Adding Burnes at the top of that rotation that has players like Betts and Ohtani in the lineup every day would be unfair.