Mack's Mock Pick - #46 - RHP - Chase Burns

 

Chase Burns

Mack's spin - 

Prep potchers that throw 100 and have a + spin rate usually are a big success at the high school level.

Chase is.

The perfect second round pick.

 

RHP     6-4      215 

 

4-27-21 - Fish Stripes -

 

Second Round (52nd Overall) – Chase Burns, RHP, Beech HS (TN)

With the second round pick, the Miami Marlins select right-handed pitcher Chase Burns. Their first high school pick in this mock, Burns is one of the top power arms in the draft.

 

Chase Burns is one of the top high school players in the country with his electric fastball. Burns has a four-pitch mix but his fastball is his best pitch. Burns has a mid-90s fastball that usually tops out at 98 mph but has touched 100. His upper 70s curveball and mid-80s cutter/slider are considered plus pitches but his changeup needs lots of work.

 

At 6’4” 215 pounds, Burns has great size and is a big, strong athletic built pitcher. On Perfect Game, Burns is the 14th-ranked prospect and the fourth-ranked right-handed pitcher in the country. He’s also the top ranked high school in Tennessee. Chase Burns is signed to play college baseball at the University of Tennessee. 

 

3-30-21 - Prospects Worldwide -

 

90. RHP Chase Burns | School: Station Camp HS, TN | Commit: Tennessee | B / T: R / R | Ht: 6’4 | Wt: 215lbs | Age: 18.3

 

If your someone who likes pure power pitching, look no further than Chase Burns. Who regularly pumps his Fastball in at 95+ and touching 100. With Plus spin rates (2400-2650 RPM) working up in the zone as he should, generating a ton of swing and misses. Has the potential to end up as a Plus-Plus pitch. Mixed in with a Curveball that flashes 2 plane break wipe out potential, a Slider, and Changeup. Tons of starter traits. Some worry of Burns “peaking too early” and maybe it’s the case. But you can’t deny the potential here is still top of the rotation stuff if it can reach its max.

 

3-12-21 - top 50 HS players  -

 

11. Chase Burns, RHP, Beech HS, Hendersonville, Tenn.

 

Burns throws as hard as almost anyone in the college draft class. He has gotten to 100 mph on a regular basis, and his fastball has the kind of riding life analysts love. His control will need to tighten up. 

 

2-27-21 - top hs players -

 

Chase Burns – Burns offers some of the best velocity in the class, with a fastball that consistently reaches the upper 90s. He also shows two different breaking balls and a changeup. His long arm action, effortful delivery, and high arm slot provide some deception but lead to questions about his future command. 

 

1-26-21 - BA -

 

29. Chase Burns, RHP, Station Camp HS, Gallatin, Tenn.

 

Areas To Improve: show better command with high-end stuff, maintain body

 

At times last summer Burns showed both exceptional pure stuff and solid feel for pitching. However, he didn’t often showcase both at the same time. He was more scattered when throwing his fastball in the upper 90s and clearly took some oomph off of his pitches when attempting to dial in his command. Learning to better command his stuff at the high-end could move the needle—whether that comes from repeating his release point more consistently or shortening a longer arm action. Maintaining a large, 6-foot-1, 225-pound frame will also be key for Burns this spring. 

 

1-14-21  -  Baseball America

 

Chase Burns

 

Station Camp HS, Gallatin, Tenn. RHP

 

Ht: 6-1 | Wt: 225 | B-T: R-R

Commit/Drafted: Tennessee

Age At Draft: 18.5

 

A physical righthander committed to Tennessee, Burns has some of the loudest pure stuff in the 2021 class, headlined by a fastball that routinely gets into the 99-100 mph range. Burns’ fastball is simply overpowering at the moment, with exceptional velocity and riding life that comes out a difficult plane for hitters thanks to a high, three-quarter arm slot. Burns attacks downhill with scattered control, though scouts have seen progress in his pitchability throughout the summer and his margin for error in location at the current level is wide considering his velocity. Burns also throws two breaking balls, one a sharp, top-to-bottom curve that looks like an average pitch and a more promising upper-80s slider with more sweeping action that shows real tilt and bite at its best. Some evaluators have graded the slider out as a future plus offering while his changeup has garnered mixed feedback and remains inconsistent. Burns will have to battle the poor track record of hard-throwing preps, and he also throws with a longer arm action that many clubs don’t love. There are also some minor mechanical cues and repeatability questions that teams will want answered, but none are massive red flags at the moment. 

 

12-18-20 - Future Sox Mock Draft -

 

Competitive Balance A

 

31. Miami Marlins: Chase Burns, RHP, Beech HS (TN)

 

Another hard throwing prep for the Marlins. 

 

11-11-20 - Prospects Live Top 300 Prospect List -

 

33. Chase Burns - RHP

 

Bio:

 

Height: 6-4

Weight: 215 lbs

Hits/Throws: R-R

Hometown: Gallatin, TN

School: Station Camp

 

Huge growth spurt over the last calendar year has skyrocketed his stuff. 6-4 frame consistently pumps 95-99 through the zone. Command is currently fringe average with the pitch, but his mechanics are repeatable and show a clean operation. Shows good feel for a high 80s slider with decent lateral movement, but lacks depth. Curveball is a firm mid-70s offering that currently lacks any power bite. Changeup might be his best secondary as it's a mid 80s offering with good fade and sometimes can tumble. 

 

7-21-20 -  BA -

 

Chase Burns, RHP, Station Camp HS, Gallatin, Tenn.

 

Travel Team: Canes National

Commit: Tennessee

Performance: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 K, 0 BB, 43 pitches (62% strikes)

 

There doesn’t seem to be a consensus top arm in the 2021 class at the moment—particularly with LHP Maddux Bruns struggling with control at the UBC—but Burns is safely in the top tier of arms and continues to impress.

 

Burns has shown one of the better pure fastballs in the class at times, but it was his pitchability that impressed scouts at the UBC. He ran his fastball up to 95-96—he’s previously been up to 99—and showed a good downer breaking ball, but evaluators thought he was doing a nice job pitching rather than simply getting on the bump and trying to throw hard.

 

There are still some refinements that need to be made in his delivery, in terms of syncing up some moving parts and being on time with a longer arm action, but scouts who saw him this week didn’t have any glaring concerns with it and pointed to high-quality strikes and good angle on his stuff.

 

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