Burnes, Muncy, K. Ruíz, Suzuki, Merrryweather

Burnes rebounds from disappointing 1H … Corbin Burnes (RHP, MIL) finished the 1H with a 4.00 ERA in 101 IP, but he has bounced back with a 3.02 ERA through 83 IP in the 2H. What has changed?

Year	IP	ERA	xERA	BB%	K%	xBB%	SwK	GB/LD/FB	H%/S%	HR/F	BVP	Vel
2019*	72	9.06	8.03	9%	27%	8%	17.7%	45/24/31	43/53	39%	155	95.2
2020	60	2.11	2.99	10%	37%	10%	15.0%	46/19/34	30/80	5%	165	96.0
2021	167	2.43	2.55	5%	36%	6%	17.5%	49/21/30	33/75	6%	205	96.9
2022	202	2.94	2.85	6%	30%	8%	15.5%	47/20/33	27/75	14%	159	96.3
2023	185	3.56	3.75	8%	25%	8%	12.5%	45/22/33	25/71	14%	107	95.4
2H-23	83	3.02	3.26	8%	28%	8%	12.9%	50/21/29	24/74	15%	129	95.3

*Includes MLEs

A few things stand out:

• His 2H K% has gotten back closer to what we saw in 2022, as his SwK% ticked up a point from the 1H.
• He has done a much better job of keeping the ball on the ground in...

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