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Reds sign Chase Burns to 7-yr, $105M extension

Chase Burns

CIN Starting Pitcher #26

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Reds signed RHP Chase Burns to a seven-year, $105 million contract extension.

The long-term extension, which was reported earlier this week, is now official and will keep Burns in Cincinnati through the 2033 season. The flame-throwing 23-year-old earned his first All-Star Game appearance, but declined to pitch in the Midsummer Classic because of groin soreness. He’s expected to make his first start of the second half against the Mariners next week. Burns has rapidly established himself as one of fantasy baseball’s upper-echelon starters, compiling a sparkling 2.54 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 118/37 K/BB ratio over 102 2/3 innings across 18 starts. It’s safe to say he’s exceeded even the loftiest expectations and should be among the first pitchers selected in fantasy drafts for years to come.

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ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports the Reds have agreed to a seven-year, $105 million contract with Chase Burns.

Burns has been absolutely electric in opening up the season 11-1 with a 2.54 ERA while striking out 118 in 102 2/3 innings before the All-Star Break. Opponents are hitting .223 against his fastball and .154 against his slider, which has been Burns’ main putaway pitch so far this year. It’s hard to forecast seven years out for any pitcher, but if a smaller market team is to invest in one for the long term, it’s hard to do much better than Burns.
Chase Burns

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Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness.

It sounds like Burns made the decision to bow out of next week’s Midsummer Classic for precautionary reasons to avoid missing any time coming out of the break. It’s a situation that fantasy managers should monitor closely, but the extra time off should help him be ready to take the ball to open the second half. He was replaced on the National League’s roster by Dodgers lefty Justin Wrobleski.
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Justin Wrobleski has been added to the National League’s roster for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game.

Wrobleski was among the most prominent snubs for the Midsummer Classic. He winds up earning a well-deserved ticket to Philadelphia as a replacement for Reds flame-thrower Chase Burns, who will not pitch in the Midsummer Classic. The 25-year-old southpaw made a real statement in his final first-half outing, piling up nine strikeouts and allowing one run over seven innings against the Rockies earlier this week. He holds a sparkling 2.69 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 73/20 K/BB ratio across 100 1/3 innings of work.
Chase Burns

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Chase Burns allowed three hits and three runs with three walks and six strikeouts across five innings in a win over the Phillies.

A rare difficult outing for Burns, he didn’t get through a single inning cleanly and felt like he was battling himself all night. His fastball was extremely erratic with just a 44% zone rate and far too many of them wound up at the eyes of the Phillies’ hitters. That issue got worse as the game went on and he wound up being fortunate to get out of this start with just the three runs on his ledger. That’s the mark of a great pitcher though: giving your team a chance to win when you don’t have your best stuff. He’ll head into the All-Star break after an excellent first half with 11 wins, a 2.54 ERA, 118 strikeouts, and 37 walks through 102 2/3 innings.
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Chase Burns pitched six innings of two-run ball to defeat the Brewers on Thursday.

He struck out only four. Burns’ velocity is dropping some; his 97.1-mph average on his fastball today matched his season low. He’s been under 98 mph in six straight starts after topping that mark in eight of his first 11 starts. His slider is down, too. He averaged 90.8 mph with that pitch in his first 14 starts, but he’s been at 89.6, 89.3 and now 89.1 mph in his last three outings. He’s already at 97 2/3 innings this year after finishing at 109 1/3 in his pro debut last year, so it seems quite possible that fatigue is setting in. He’s due to make his next start Wednesday against the Phillies, which would be his last outing before the break. There’s a good chance he’ll be named to the NL All-Star team, but the Reds might not want him to pitch.
Chase Burns

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Chase Burns allowed five runs with 10 strikeouts over six innings in a no-decision against the Pirates on Saturday.

Burns tossed two scoreless innings, then gave up a three-run blast to Brandon Lowe in the third. The Pirates brought another run in on two hits in the fourth. Burns would start the seventh inning, giving up a leadoff double before departing at 93 pitches. The inherited runner would eventually come in to score. Burns struck out ten on the day, his first double-digit strikeout performance of the season. It was just the second outing in which Burns allowed more than three runs. The 23-year-old right-hander will take a 2.36 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, and 112/29 K/BB ratio across 91 2/3 innings into a start against the Brewers in Milwaukee on Thursday.
Chase Burns

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Chase Burns pitched five innings of one-run ball and struck out seven Sunday in a win over the Yankees.

Burns dealt with quite a bit of traffic today, allowing five hits, three walks and six stolen bases, but the only run came on a Ben Rice homer. That was actually also the only hard-hit ball he gave up, as the other four knocks all came on softer contact. Burns won his eighth straight decision, moving to 9-1 with a 2.00 ERA. He’s tied for second in MLB in wins, he’s fourth in ERA and he’s tied for seventh with 102 strikeouts. He’ll get the Pirates next.
Chase Burns

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Chase Burns threw five scoreless innings and got the win in the Reds’ 12-0 victory over the Mets on Monday.

Burns gave up four hits, walked three and struck out seven. He improved to 8-1 with the win. Burns had five of his strikeouts in the first two innings and then took the mound in the third inning with a 9-0 lead. He lowered his ERA to 2.01. Burns will face the Yankees on the road on Sunday in his next start.
Chase Burns

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Chase Burns allowed two runs while striking out seven batters over 5 1/3 innings in a no-decision against the Padres on Tuesday.

Burns stranded two runners through two scoreless innings before the Padres broke through for two runs on three hits in the third. He’d go on to pitch into the sixth, giving up two hits with two outs to end his day at a season-high 105 pitches. Burns struck out seven. The 23-year-old right-hander will take a 2.14 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, and an 88/23 K/BB ratio across 75 2/3 innings into a start against the Mets in Cincinnati on Monday.
Chase Burns

CIN Starting Pitcher #26

Chase Burns received a no-decision on Wednesday against the Royals, striking out nine while limited Kansas City to two earned runs over six innings pitched.

Burns allowed four hits and one walk as his ERA now sits at 2.05 this season. The young righty had his start pushed back from Monday due to an illness, but it didn’t affect his ability to miss bats. He possesses some of the best underlying metrics among all big-league starters and draws a favorable road matchup in San Diego next time out.

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Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a tiebreaking homer in the bottom of the eighth as the Yankees edged the Dodgers 2-1 on Sunday Night Baseball.

The Yankees split the doubleheader after losing the early game 8-2. Chisholm’s homer off Evan Phillips was his 14th of the year. He was 2-for-7 in the doubleheader, and he’s hitting a steady .224/.302/.403 for the year. His OPS really hasn’t budged from that .690-.720 neighborhood for two months now, but one imagines he’ll be good for another hot streak at some point.
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Ryan Yarbrough

NYY Relief Pitcher #33
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Ryan Yarbrough pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings Sunday night against the Dodgers in his first start of the season.

Yarbrough has been a swingman for most of his career, but the Yankees kept bypassing him, usually in favor of Elmer Rodríguez, when they’ve needed a spot starter this season. That finally changed tonight, and Rodríguez was the one bypassed, as the Yankees used Yarbrough, Paul Blackburn and Brent Headrick to get through seven innings, all of them scoreless. Yarbrough has a 3.86 ERA in 39 2/3 innings over 25 appearances.
- Matthew Pouliot

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David Bednar

NYY Relief Pitcher #53
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David Bednar picked up a win after getting five outs in the eighth and ninth in the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader against the Dodgers.

Bednar relieved Fernando Cruz with two on in a tie game in the eighth and stranded both runners before Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a go-ahead homer in the bottom of the inning. In the ninth, Bednar walked Freddie Freeman in a 10-pitch at-bat to start the frame, but he retired three in a row afterwards. It’s Bednar’s second win to go along with two saves this month. He was forced to throw 32 pitches, but since he had a week off coming into the night, perhaps he’ll be available again Monday.
- Matthew Pouliot

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Mookie Betts

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Mookie Betts went 0-for-4 in the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader against the Yankees and 0-for-7 with two walks on the day.

With the tying run on first in a 2-1 game in the ninth, Betts struck out on three pitches against David Bednar. He’s gone hitless in four straight games, dropping his OPS to .689. Future first-ballot Hall of Famer or not, Betts shouldn’t be batting cleanup for the Dodgers at this point. He had a nice second half of June, but aside from that 17-game run, he’s been pretty awful in the batter’s box.
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Jeremy Peña is feeling better after missing Sunday’s game with a hamstring cramp and hopes to be back in the lineup for Monday’s game against the Marlins.

Asked about Peña and Chrsitian Walker (hip) after the game, Astros manager Joe Espada said he is hopeful “one of the two can play tomorrow, hopefully both of them.”
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Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer in the eighth as the Diamondbacks came back from a 7-0 deficit to top the Cardinals 8-7 in 10 innings on Sunday.

The D-backs scored three times in the sixth and twice in the seventh before Arenado’s homer tied the game in the eighth. They went on to win on a Max Kepler’s single in the bottom of the 10th. Arenado has four extra-base hits and six RBI in his six games against his previous organization this year. The homer was his 13th in 93 games, overtaking his total of 12 in his 107 games with St. Louis last year.
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Eduardo Rodriguez

AZ Starting Pitcher #57
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Eduardo Rodriguez lasted just 2 2/3 innings and gave up five runs Sunday against the Cardinals.

This seems long overdue for Rodriguez, who just went to his first All-Star game in spite of a career-worst 17 percent strikeout rate. He allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out three today. It’s the first time in 20 starts this year that he’s allowed more than four runs. However, since the D-backs pulled off a big comeback, he remained 8-3. He’ll face the Nationals next weekend.
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Andre Pallante

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Andre Pallante surrendered three runs in 5 1/3 innings Sunday in a no-decision against the D-backs.

Pallante had a 7-0 lead after five, but he retired just one of the six batters he faced in the sixth, giving up three hits and then two walks. Ryne Stanek replaced him with two runs in and the bases loaded and managed to strand two of the three runners. However, the Cardinals went on to blow the remainder of the 7-3 lead anyway. Pallante has given up nine runs in his last two starts to push his ERA back up to 4.02. It’s the first time he’s been over 4.00 since the end of May. He’ll face the Reds next weekend.
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Geraldo Perdomo

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Geraldo Perdomo had an inside-the-park homer and a walk Sunday versus the Cardinals.

The homer, which came on an 88-mph liner to left, was initially called a single and an error on José Fermin but was changed afterwards, as Fermin never touched the ball as it was skipping past him. It’s the only hit that Perdomo has collected in his last five games.
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Blaze Jordan

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Blaze Jordan went 3-for-5 with a triple and three RBI against the Diamondbacks on Sunday.

Ryan Waldschmidt just missed making a diving catch on the triple to left center. It goes as Jordan’s second three-hit game since his callup last month. With José Fermin mostly taking over at third, Jordan had been out of the Cardinals’ lineup the previous three games. He might wind up back in Triple-A if the team continues to struggle to find regular playing time for him, but this will help.
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