Am I nuts for thinking this? Woodruff and Burnes

[markedman5]

I think everybody likes Burnes ......he has great stuff...but last year he was handed a spot.....and proceeded to pitch his way out of that spot by getting hammered start after start until Craig had no choice but to,pull him from the rotation.

 

He will get opportunities to show what he has in spring training......then either triple A or the bullpen......if other guys get hurt or falter and he is pitching well he will get another chance......it’s up to him to show that he deserves it.

[bork]

Woodruff, the Brewers’ presumptive Opening Day starter, opened his start against the Angels with a 98 mph fastball. In the other split-squad game in Mesa, Ariz. against the A’s, Burnes finished a scoreless inning with a swinging strikeout of Matt Olson.

 

 

Burnes got strike three with a slider. A 94 mph slider.

 

Burnes spent the winter honing that pitch, which he threw 31 percent of the time during his disappointing 2019 season with the Brewers, with an average velocity of 87.9 mph according to Statcast. He wanted a harder, tighter pitch, and used the technology available in the Brewers’ pitching lab at American Family Fields of Phoenix to smooth his mechanics and shape the pitch.

 

https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/brewers-notes-corbin-burnes-slider-brandon-woodruff