Burns Is Awful!!!

[Arch2025]

Such a liability…

[Adam Lane]

I've seen him twice in the past week and he has imploded both times.  Season story.

 

[GoHorns1]

When he has his stuff great when he doesn’t it sucks.

Edited 11 hours ago by GoHorns1

[khorn5]

Seems to be great for a batter.  Then he starts to feel himself a bit after a K and loses it.  It’s like clockwork lately.  Quit messing with the off speed.  He’s in to throw 97. Just throw 97!

[harveycmd]

Burns isn't calling his own pitches. Weiner calls the pitches. In the postgame, Schloss said the fourth ball on the first walk was called to be off the plate because the batter liked to chase. He didn't chase and the walk resulted. The second walk was on Burns.

Schloss said it's on him to put Burns in better spots. That's him covering for his player, but it's true too. Knowing that Burns is a little wild under pressure, you must account for that. But you have to think about who else would you put in and who are you saving for another day.

[bevocbs]

He is definitely up and down. But situations really matter. He is much better when he comes in for a clean inning. It seems like when he comes in for high level situations like last night, he gets too amped up and overthrows, causing the control issues. That is why he didn't make it (and probably never will) in the closer role.

But he had a couple of good outings recently, and I still think he can help us in the final push. I actually feel like if they had put him in to start the 6th, instead of trying to extend DV another inning, he probably would have been fine for an inning or two. But I also understand why they would want to ride DV as long as they could.