Scouting grades 20–80
70Fastball
50Changeup
50Cutter
40Control
Burns has one of the better fastballs in the 2026 draft class. The pitch is up to 100, living in the mid to high 90s. He throws it from an ultra-high arm slot with elite carry and backspin. At the time of writing, it's the heater with the highest whiff rate in all of D1 baseball.
Burns's best secondary is an upper 80's cutter that he likes to go to frequently. He'll also mix in a changeup, and he's gone to a curveball in the past. At the end of the day, even if he never steps foot in a starting rotation, Burns has a chance to be a fast rising arm who profiles perfectly in the back end of a bullpen
