Fantasy Baseball Alert: Chase Burns’ Surprise Debut and Jo Adell’s Unexpected Power Surge Shake Up Waiver Wire!
Chase Burns – SP, CIN: 28% rostered
At this point, Burns may be a better stash than Bubba Chandler – SP, PIT (29% rostered). I really don’t know what Pittsburgh is doing with Chandler. He was dominating Triple-A and deserved to be in the big leagues. Then his command started to waver in recent weeks, but this feels 100% like a player who has nothing left to prove but is either pressing too much as he tries to do anything to earn a call-up or pitching frustrated because he knows his performance doesn’t actually matter. I’m not at all worried about his command. However, Burns is possibly a better overall pitching prospect than Chandler, and he’s now in Triple-A too. I don’t think Burns gets a shot before August because I don’t realistically think the Reds will stay in playoff contention in a loaded NL race. However, I might be wrong, and the Reds could feel compelled to give him a shot to push them closer to the postseason. SUNDAY UPDATE: Obviously, I was wrong. The Reds have decided to be really aggressive with Burns and are calling him up to start on Tuesday. He should be scooped up in all leagues. I hate the ballpark, and this is a RAPID rise for a player who started the year in High-A, so we have no idea what to expect against MLB hitters. That said, he is incredibly talented and is worth a gamble.
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