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.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Burke's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.0 mph, against 83.2 off his sinker.
485 and 158 of them thrown.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Burke goes to the 4-seam fastball: 51% of his two-strike pitches, against 37% the rest of the time.
347 two-strike pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Burke's changeup moves 14.8 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
205 thrown, averaging 87.5 mph.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Burke throws the sinker 30% of the time against left-handers and 1% against right-handers.
677 pitches to right-handers, 503 to left-handers.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Burke's 4-seam fastball carries 14.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
485 thrown, averaging 96.2 mph.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Burke's 4-seam fastball averages 96.2 mph, and has touched 99.7.
485 thrown, 41.1% of his pitches.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Burke puts 59.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 37.1% when he is ahead.
302 located pitches behind, 367 ahead.
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.
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.
1094 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.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Burke throws a fastball 61.9% of the time, against 51.8% when he is ahead.
302 pitches behind in the count, 367 ahead.
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 41.1% of everything he throws.
1180 classified pitches in 2026.
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.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.2% of Burke's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
215 of 1180 located pitches.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Burke throws a strike on the first pitch 63.4% of the time.
309 plate appearances started in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
9.8 mph separates Burke's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 96.2 against 86.4.
485 and 332 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Burke's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,312 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
485 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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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Burke's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 91.0 mph, against 83.2 off his sinker.
485 and 158 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Burke throws the sinker 30% of the time against left-handers and 1% against right-handers.
677 pitches to right-handers, 503 to left-handers.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Burke's 4-seam fastball averages 96.2 mph, and has touched 99.7.
485 thrown, 41.1% 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 41.1% of everything he throws.
1180 classified pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
9.8 mph separates Burke's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 96.2 against 86.4.
485 and 332 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Burke's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,312 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
485 thrown in 2026.
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: 51% of his two-strike pitches, against 37% the rest of the time.
347 two-strike pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Burke puts 59.3% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 37.1% when he is ahead.
302 located pitches behind, 367 ahead.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Burke throws a fastball 61.9% of the time, against 51.8% when he is ahead.
302 pitches behind in the count, 367 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Burke throws a strike on the first pitch 63.4% of the time.
309 plate appearances started in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Burke's changeup moves 14.8 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
205 thrown, averaging 87.5 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Burke's 4-seam fastball carries 14.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
485 thrown, averaging 96.2 mph.
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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.
1094 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
18.2% of Burke's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
215 of 1180 located pitches.
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