He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Burke throws 33% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 47.6% with the bases empty.
115 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 225 with the bases empty.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Burke throws the changeup 34.3% of the time against right-handers and 0.8% against left-handers.
210 pitches to right-handers, 130 to left-handers.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Burke's 4-seam fastball carries 16.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
119 thrown, averaging 96.2 mph.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Burke goes to the 4-seam fastball: 45.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 31.2% the rest of the time.
93 two-strike pitches in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Burke's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 88.3 mph, against 81.4 off his sinker.
119 and 47 of them thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Burke's changeup moves 16.0 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
73 thrown, averaging 87.8 mph.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Burke throws a strike on the first pitch 50.6% of the time.
89 plate appearances started in 2026.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Burke's 4-seam fastball averages 96.2 mph, and has touched 99.7.
119 thrown, 35% of his pitches.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Burke is weak: 85.6 mph off the bat on average, 84th percentile.
340 pitches in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 85th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .393 expected average against them, against .348 on his fastballs.
101 of his breaking balls thrown.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Burke throws a fastball 61.5% of the time, against 48.4% when he is ahead.
104 pitches behind in the count, 93 ahead.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Burke averages 91.0 mph across his arsenal, 69th percentile in the league.
340 pitches in 2026. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 167th in MLB.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Burke releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
254 tracked pitches in 2026.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 33.3% of the contact Burke gives up is hit hard, 78th percentile.
340 pitches in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 119th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Burke works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Changeup and Sinker. The 4-seam fastball is 35% of everything he throws.
340 classified pitches in 2026.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.4% of Burke's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
59 of 340 located pitches.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Burke puts 57.7% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 40.9% when he is ahead.
104 located pitches behind, 93 ahead.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Burke projects a .356 average, 24th percentile.
340 pitches in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 409th in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.1 mph separates Burke's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 96.2 against 86.1.
119 and 101 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Burke's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,361 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
119 thrown in 2026.
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He pitches around the zone once runners are on
Burke throws 33% of his pitches in the zone with a runner in scoring position and 47.6% with the bases empty.
115 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 225 with the bases empty.
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He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Burke throws the changeup 34.3% of the time against right-handers and 0.8% against left-handers.
210 pitches to right-handers, 130 to left-handers.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Burke's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 88.3 mph, against 81.4 off his sinker.
119 and 47 of them thrown.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Burke's 4-seam fastball averages 96.2 mph, and has touched 99.7.
119 thrown, 35% of his pitches.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Burke works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Slider, Changeup and Sinker. The 4-seam fastball is 35% of everything he throws.
340 classified pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.1 mph separates Burke's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 96.2 against 86.1.
119 and 101 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Burke's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,361 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
119 thrown in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Burke's 4-seam fastball carries 16.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
119 thrown, averaging 96.2 mph.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Burke's changeup moves 16.0 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
73 thrown, averaging 87.8 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Burke goes to the 4-seam fastball: 45.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 31.2% the rest of the time.
93 two-strike pitches in 2026.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Burke throws a strike on the first pitch 50.6% of the time.
89 plate appearances started in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Burke throws a fastball 61.5% of the time, against 48.4% when he is ahead.
104 pitches behind in the count, 93 ahead.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Burke puts 57.7% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 40.9% when he is ahead.
104 located pitches behind, 93 ahead.
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Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Burke is weak: 85.6 mph off the bat on average, 84th percentile.
340 pitches in 2026. 84th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 85th in MLB.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 33.3% of the contact Burke gives up is hit hard, 78th percentile.
340 pitches in 2026. 78th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 119th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Burke projects a .356 average, 24th percentile.
340 pitches in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 409th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .393 expected average against them, against .348 on his fastballs.
101 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Burke averages 91.0 mph across his arsenal, 69th percentile in the league.
340 pitches in 2026. 69th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 167th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Burke releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
254 tracked pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.4% of Burke's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
59 of 340 located pitches.
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