Chase Burns Stats & Scouting Report — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects

Full name Chase David Burns
Born 01/16/2003 in Naples, Italy
Profile Ht.: 6'4" / Wt.: 195 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School Tennessee
Drafted in the 20th round (610th overall) by the San Diego Padres in 2021.

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After making tremendous strides forward with his strength and velocity over the last two years, Burns now has some of the best pure stuff in the 2021 high school pitching class. Last summer he showed one of the better fastballs of the group, running his heater up to 100 mph and consistently getting into the upper 90s. Listed at 6-foot-4, 215 pounds, Burns attacks hitters downhill out of a high, three-quarter arm slot and his fastball has shown impressive riding life. Burns has two breaking balls—one is a downer curveball that has shown average potential and the other is a more promising mid-to-upper-80s slider with sweeping action that shows hard tilt and bite at its best. Scouts seem to prefer the harder breaking ball and have given it future plus grades, while evaluators are more mixed on Burns’ changeup. Burns brings some reliever risk to the table because of his history of throwing scattered strikes, and given his long arm action that leads to inconsistencies with the timing in his delivery and with the consistency of his secondary offerings. Burns has shown an ability to pitch with lower velocity and improve the quality of his control, but scouts think he still needs to learn how to control his body, figure out his wingspan and fine tune some of the details of his mechanics to get the most out of his top-end stuff (which is exceptional) with more consistency. Burns is a Tennessee commit, but could get drafted among the top-two rounds.

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School: Wake Forest Committed: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.5
Burns was a flamethrowing high schooler back in the 2021 class, and he touched 100 mph before he set foot on campus at Tennessee. Scouts wondered about his control, and there might still be some reliever risk for Burns, but he put together back-to-back strong seasons for the Volunteers with a strikeout rate north of 30% and a walk rate between 7-8% both seasons—mostly in a starting capacity before piggybacking behind righthander Chase Dollander late in the 2023 season. Burns transferred to Wake Forest for the 2024 season when he will be part of one of the deepest pitching staffs in the country. He has averaged 96 mph on his fastball in college, touched 102 and has shown an upper-80s slide that makes hitters look silly and grades as plus. Burns also has a firm changeup around 90 mph but he has thrown it less than 5% of the time.
After making tremendous strides forward with his strength and velocity over the last two years, Burns now has some of the best pure stuff in the 2021 high school pitching class. Last summer he showed one of the better fastballs of the group, running his heater up to 100 mph and consistently getting into the upper 90s. Listed at 6-foot-4, 215 pounds, Burns attacks hitters downhill out of a high, three-quarter arm slot and his fastball has shown impressive riding life. Burns has two breaking balls—one is a downer curveball that has shown average potential and the other is a more promising mid-to-upper-80s slider with sweeping action that shows hard tilt and bite at its best. Scouts seem to prefer the harder breaking ball and have given it future plus grades, while evaluators are more mixed on Burns’ changeup. Burns brings some reliever risk to the table because of his history of throwing scattered strikes, and given his long arm action that leads to inconsistencies with the timing in his delivery and with the consistency of his secondary offerings. Burns has shown an ability to pitch with lower velocity and improve the quality of his control, but scouts think he still needs to learn how to control his body, figure out his wingspan and fine tune some of the details of his mechanics to get the most out of his top-end stuff (which is exceptional) with more consistency. Burns is a Tennessee commit, but could get drafted among the top-two rounds.