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Brock Burke
Born: 08/04/1996 (Age: 23) |
| Bats: Left |
Throws: Left |
| Height: 6' 4" |
Weight: 210 |
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Good athlete with loose controlled actions on a quality pitcher's frame with broad shoulders, a high waist, and long arms.
High leg kick in an upright stance before falling into a medium step towards home. Hips stay closed as his arm spirals around a bendy torso. Pushes towards home plate and comes down and around with a high three-quarters release. Clean long arm action. |
| Kevin W Carter |
| 08/21/2019 |
| Frisco RoughRiders (AA, Rangers) |
| 4/4/2019, 6/30/2019 |
| 55 |
| 2019 |
| No |
| Four-Seam Fastball |
60 |
92-94 |
96 |
Mostly flat four-seamer with very slight armside action. Command comes and goes to both sides of the plate. |
| Two-Seam Fastball |
55 |
90-92 |
92 |
Above average arm-side action and some sink. Can lose feel at times and have pitch sail off the plate. |
| Changeup |
60 |
83-86 |
86 |
Flashes plus with excellent deception, plus depth, and slight fade. Inconsistent feel for the pitch at times and occasionally leaves it up in the zone where loses the horizontal action. |
| Curveball |
50 |
77-79 |
79 |
Consistently average curveball with average depth and spin. Normal curve, 2-to-8 shape. |
| Cutter |
50 |
84-86 |
86 |
Softer cutter that flashes average with average gloveside action and slight vertical drop. |
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Brock Burke utilizes a five pitch mix and an average command projection to keep hitters off balance well enough to cement himself in the back of an MLB rotation. The lefty has plus pitchability. He worked his changeup effectively off of his two different fastball looks while mixing in the occasional curveball or cutter for different looks.
Burke's command is currently fringy due to inconsistencies from appearance to appearance, but his delivery and clean arm action suggest there should be more with reps. If he's able to take that step forward he could work his way into a fourth starter spot in a playoff-contending rotation.
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