Starting Rotation 6.12

Starting Rotation 6.12

Saturday is a little bit of a wonky day as we do get a split slate day but a whopping 11 games are in the afternoon. The evening slate looks dreadful for pitching outside of Trevor Bauer so we're going to focus on breaking down the 11 game slate that is today's main option. Hopefully, you're ready to eat some chalk today because there is one very clear ace option in Starting Rotation 6.12 we need to be heavily interested in! 

Starting Rotation 6.12 - Main Targets 

Corbin Burnes 

Pirates Ranks vs Pitch Types - CT - 15th CB - 26th SL - 18th CH - 11th

We talked yesterday about Brandon Woodruff and that didn't exactly work out as he had a very pedestrian start compared to his capabilities. It needs to be said that Burnes has been far better than Woodruff in any given category. He's over a 42% K rate on the season with a 0.97 FIP, 1.71 xFIP, and a 1.97 ERA. The barrel rate is 4.2% and when teams do make contact, Bur...