Here are some fun Twitter posts on him: 3 Quote; …

Burnes was added back to the Major League roster in September, and got to appear in two games before the season ended.He threw a 1-2-3 inning in his first outing against the Pirates on September 20th. I charted him early last year and even caught 2 of his starts in person, it was always a tale of 2 different guys. As a matter of fact, I expect ‘improved spin efficiency’ to become a popular talking point around the league (even on mainstream platforms like MLB Network) over the course of the next few seasons. Other times, it’s a ‘stuff issue’. It is not hyperbole to claim the pitch is one of the But since I’m making the claim Burnes still possesses top-of-the-rotation potential, let’s compare his best pitch to the sliders of two starting pitchers currently inside the top-50 of If you’d prefer to chalk-up a bit of the success of Burnes’ slider to the fact 28 of his 32 appearances last season were made in relief (in other words, you think the slider was good partially because of his short outings), notice two things: 1) the usage of the pitch (31.0%) doesn’t at all allude to a reliever leaning more heavily on a single pitch than is in the comfort zone of a starter. That’s a study for another day, though.Because the pitch was ‘flat’ and didn’t fool offensive foes, it was absolutely obliterated. In dynasty league circles, this group of pitchers is commonly-heralded as the ‘next wave’ of fantasy aces. Instead of shrugging it off as a meaningless bump in the road or placing blame at the feet of poor luck, there was actually a legitimate—and fixable—issue that served as the predominant antagonist in the right-hander’s woes last season. 2 starter and pitching on Saturday against the Cubs as the Crew's No. Brewers could have a sneaky rotation, and be a tough out in the playoffs.

This is insanity.Unlike so many other pitchers who are armed with one, viable weapon but are heavily penalized by the rest of their arsenal, Burnes’ main issue is extremely fixable.

I think he's looked pretty good so far as well. Here are some fun Twitter posts on him:

As a matter of fact, our Trevor Powers Burnes’ four seam fastball is the epitome of analytically elite, ranking 4th amongst all pitchers in the big leagues with 2654 RPM spin rate.
In 49 innings last season, Burnes punched out 70 fools leading to a 12.86 K/9 and absurdly strong 17.2 percent swinging strike rate (his career mark is now 16.4 percent).

The elite slider serves as an astronomical foundation, and I expect its usage to creep closer to 40% in 2020 and beyond (fun fact: he struck out Matt Olson with a 94 mph slider (!) site: fantasynews | arena: mlb | pageType: stories | 12:15 pm ETI agree that CBS Sports can send me the "Fantasy Baseball Today Newsletter" newsletter. A focus on hand position and finger placement as the ball leaves your hand.

(h/t So what served as the catalyst for the rapid fall from grace? He's coming at the measly cost of a last round pick, so it's not like you're really sacrificing much by taking a shot on him.

2 starter and pitching on Saturday against the Cubs

If you’ve completed any fantasy drafts this preseason, you’re probably well-aware of the starting pitcher ‘honey hole’ between pick 110 and 130.Within that 20-pick window, you’ll likely have the opportunity to select one of Frankie Montas, Jesús Lúzardo, Dinelson Lamet, Zac Gallen and Max Fried amongst others.For the upcoming season, these five pitchers are evaluated as young arms with droolworthy upside who have an outside chance of providing ace value at a non-ace price tag. And the numbers he's put up in Spring Training 1.0 and Summer Camp speak for themselves. As I’ve mentioned, increased differentiation between those two pitchers and the remainder of his arsenal should give him the confidence to utilize the curveball and changeup more moving forward. Perhaps unsurprisingly, both have alluded to working to improve this issue early in Spring Training.Dylan Cease said he felt better today than he did at any point last year, and was happy with his fastball command and the absence of cut. He even picked up a strikeout. I don’t actually have any Burnes shares in 2020. Sure I'm speculating that he's made the necessary adjustments, but I've heard whisperings that his fastball has had really good life recently which just wasn't the case last year. -17 pVAL and .520 wOBA on it (yeesh)...it sat nearly 96 (and has reportedly ticked up this year) also had some great late dart action to it, there is reasons to believe he can get it back to a much better offering. Here’s Burnes on a plan to build around a slider that ranks among baseball’s best, according to the data.


I loved this tweet (and the subsequent replies) from industry pal Here’s the fastball release difference between Dylan Cease and Anthony DeSclafani (GIF within story).DeSclafani’s fastball possesses slightly above avg horizontal and vertical movement.