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This is a video about Corbin Burnes, but it's also a video about pitching in the data age. We'll review concepts like spin rate, spin axis, spin efficiency, active spin, Magnus effect, and gyro spin, and how they relate to the Corbin Burnes Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers are lucky to have a Corbin Burnes Cy Young winner on their team, that's for sure!
This episode of Baseball Bits, a Foolish Baseball production, will also focus on Corbin Burnes cutter. Is this the best fastball in MLB right now? It's pretty darn effective. We'll compare it to other cutter offerings from pitchers like Kenley Jansen and Mariano Rivera. Justin Verlander and Mookie Betts also make cameos in this one.
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Betts on picking up spin: blogs.fangraphs.com/what-can-...
Corbin Burnes on his cutter: www.mlb.com/video/corbin-burn...
CSW Rate: An Intro to an Important New Metric: www.pitcherlist.com/csw-rate-...
Soundtrack by William Kage: www.williamkage.com/

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Corbin Burned

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Huge mood.

[@ericlee453]

There's one thing that isn't mentioned here- his mechanics. He basically did a Giolito- changed to a short arm coming out of the glove which improved his timing and overall delivery. Upped his velocity to hit 97/98. Look at 12:04 (short, compact delivery/post-pandemic Burnes) and then 12:15 (long, full open delivery/pre-pandemic Burnes).

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Great catch

[@cebolla1449]

Brewers have done it once again with Eric lauer and his velocity also took a massive jump. Maybe they’ve figured something out with that?

[@ryanr4556]

I didn't even catch that until you mentioned it, but you're absolutely right. The long arm release also had a little extra time for the hitter to see the ball in his hand before release, and (some hitters) likely could see it was a fastball grip versus a breaking ball grip. That short arm release lessens that time, on top of having tighter pitching mechanics.

[@kevinsterne7899]

He also exclusively pitches from the stretch

[@ethanweeter2732]

True maybe, but if he used more pine tar or something to give him a better grip, that helps too.

[@WaffleMan]

1:26 I just find it so interesting how a pitcher with a freaking 8.8 era can come back and be one of the best pitchers in the league just 2 years later. Like how can you even fix that much in not that much time? How is that even possible

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Really only took one year -- he was really good in 2020.

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[@JRob1125]

He went from a 4 seam and slider pitcher to a cutter-sinker-curve-change-slider pitcher and they're all plus pitches

[@johnottoson5382]

As a Brewers fan, I vividly remember Burnes getting called back up late in 2019, and some people pointed out he threw a cutter now, and I just remember someone on twitter saying something along the lines of "Let's not overreact just because he has a cutter now, he still sucks" or something about how it wasn't a big difference lmaooo look at him now

[@6Snaus]

I remember so many people saying that his 2018 was a fluke and he was another AAAA prospect who should've been traded. They're all pretty quiet right now, and the Brewers have arguably the best rotation in baseball (when healthy). Burnes, Woodruff, Peralta, Lauer, Houser, Ashby. Goodness.

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@@6Snaus it wont matter who we have on the team until the win it all. Ive been a Brewers fan since 1975 and there have been some great players and teams but they are all forgotten when the next season starts and we havent won the WS yet. Maybe this year will be different.

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thanks for the part about gyro spin, im doing a presentation in one of my classes about baseball physics and this really helped me.

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Should I expect Corbin Burnes on my next AP Physics exam?

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My biggest takeaway was that the San Antonio Missions were randomly a AAA club and affiliated with the Brewers in 2019-20 despite being the AA affiliate of the Padres both before and after that timeframe.

[@ccjl9160]

Way back in April 2019, Ben Clemens at FG wrote an article about a very intriguing Corbin Burnes start to begin the season against the Cardinals - 5 IP, 12 K, 1 BB, and 3 HR. It was like the Max Scherzer classic line before Max figured it out. It was particularly interesting because Burnes averaged 2912 RPM on his fastball in that start. That's an average, not a max RPM. Here we are, three years later, and oh boy, did he figure it out in a big way

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Great point. That start definitely showed both his potential and how much more he had to grow.

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Makes you wonder how many people are that close to greatness and don't get there.

[@FoolishBaseball]

That's the main reason why I disagreed with minor league contraction. Not saying there was a Corbin Burnes Cy Young talent out there, but some potential big leaguers definitely got cut when they were a year away from figuring it out.

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Great video! Still waiting for one of the 2011 Phillies pitching staff though, especially the starting rotation. (AKA: The statistically best single-season starting rotation of all time.)

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Another amazing drop from FB. Thanks for everything Bailey!

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Thanks Matt! My pitching videos are definitely beloved.

[@fries5849]

All Burnes had to do to become a Cy Young award was have the second best hair on the Brewers

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[@TheTEN24]

This is a fascinating video, what a turnaround from Burnes. Really shows how people can make a small tweak and it makes all the difference.

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Another awesome video. Loved the comparisons to Rivera and Jansen’s cutters

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Incredible as always. It's also interesting compared to seemingly opposite Robbie Ray ended up with his Cy Young in 2021.

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What an incredible video foolish! You broke down everything in such an understandable way

[@jordanleighton6893]

Man the fact that we had Burnes, Hader, Peralta, Williams, Lauer, Woodruff and the league MVP hitter in Yelich and didn’t even make the World Series that year hurts. Stupid Dodgers Anyways, it’s nice to see people acknowledge how good our boi is. Thanks for the vid!

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Loved the segment about the various pitchers and their cutters!

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I know FIP should be taken with a grain of salt when it comes to cy young, but 1.54 for a starter is preposterous. Give it to Burnes

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It seems pretty good

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This isn't a video about Adrian Houser though

[@nacoran]

I've always wondered... a ball can either spin so you see 4 seams per rotation or 2 seams per rotation (or some tumbling variation in between). How does that effect break?

[@fries5849]

12:02 It’s crazy how the littlest adjustment can make or break someone’s career. I mean it reminds me of the time in little league when my dad told me to crouch a little in the box so I would stop getting on top of the ball, and after I did that I went from having 2 hits in the first 6 games to going on a 10 game hitting streak to end the year.

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[@Cindoreye]

The ability to throw two similar pitches with opposite movement is beyond valuable. Normally it is 2 seamers that run and sliders that break, but the cutter sinker combo can be devastating. Pedro Martinez and Gregg Maddox worked them to perfection. A hitter didn't know if that fastball on the corner was going to jump off the plate or back on. Maddox was particularly good at working those two pitches inside to lefties.

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I'm a pitcher in a Rec league of sorts, and I throw a 4-seamer, split-changeup, and a cutter. Having that lower 3/4's right handed arm action, that cutter always gets batters every time I throw it. It starts in the right handed batters box and just zips over into the inside corner. It's a pitch I really need to throw more of because of its movement. Mixed with my split-changeup for lefty's, it's a recipe for success

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Man I love me some Corbin Burnes. Another awesome video!

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Sinker having a similar spin direction but the completely opposite movement has to be an example of seam shifted wake. Baseball bits on Seam Shifted Wake when? :)

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exactly what I was thinking!

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I don't know if I missed it but I think it's super interesting how he switched from the windup to only pitching out of the stretch as well.

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Fantastic work yet again.

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Awesome video! Huge fan. Could you tell me where you get the data, such as what is at 3:50? Baseball Savant?

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I think that burnes' magnificent hair has something to do with how God like he is on the mound

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FINALLY!!!! A VIDEO ON THE BREWERS!!!

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Only took 53 episodes!

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That is a fantastic job Well done!

[@shawnmarcum8078]

I love seeing pitchers have two pitches that are nearly identical to each other but then end up in different places. That is what is happening with Corbin Burnes. Pedro Martinez was a master of this because of his fastball, curveball, and change-up all could look the same but end up in different places.

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2019 Corbin burnes: hey I'm a shaved guy that isn't a good fastballer/cutter thrower 2022: hey I'm a guy with huge hair that is a good fastballer/cutter thrower

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