Chase Burns Polish, Kyle Harrison Adjustments

We have a lot of content this week so we will keep the intro short, but we are diving into two young arms who have made strides in 2026 despite still only relying mostly on two pitches.

Chasing the Slider Burns Hitters

Chase Burns showed massive potential in his MLB debut in 2025, with a FB that consistently touched or broke 100 MPH with massive carry, and a spin monster gyro SL at 91-92 MPH that broke off the table. He was unique in only really throwing 2 pitches, with his third most used pitch as a CH at 5.6% usage, but piled up strikeouts at a 35.6% rate before a flexor strain ended his season in August. With as great as he was, you could tell he was only scratching the surface, as a combination of some bad batted ball luck with some...

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