Corbin Burnes 2024

[Babkins]

1 hour ago, Bemorewins said:

Corbin Burnes is most likely going to “like/love” which ever team ponies up the most cash. 

You don’t say.

[Can_of_corn]

1 hour ago, Bemorewins said:

Corbin Burnes is most likely going to “like/love” which ever team ponies up the most cash. 

I think most people would be the same way.

If a competing business would offer me a 20% raise to jump ship I'd have my two weeks in tomorrow.

[Bemorewins]

37 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I think most people would be the same way.

If a competing business would offer me a 20% raise to jump ship I'd have my two weeks in tomorrow.

I agree. And I don’t blame any ball player for maximizing their earning potential. I was just stating the obvious because the poster made it sound like if Burnes “liked” being around the team enough that it would persuade him to resign. When the reality is, like most people the paycheck will determine the place.

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:

I agree. And I don’t blame any ball player for maximizing their earning potential. I was just stating the obvious because the poster made it sound like if Burnes “liked” being around the team enough that it would persuade him to resign. When the reality is, like most people the paycheck will determine the place.

I'm sure there will be a large number of factors in play, some more prominently than others.

We of course don't even know if the Orioles are interested in retaining his services.

[ChuckS]

48 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I think most people would be the same way.

If a competing business would offer me a 20% raise to jump ship I'd have my two weeks in tomorrow.

Particularly if it is the exact same job with the exact same benefits. No other factors to consider really. 

[Malike]

2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

I think most people would be the same way.

If a competing business would offer me a 20% raise to jump ship I'd have my two weeks in tomorrow.

We had a guy go to the Secret Service from our dept. for about double his salary. He was back in 8 months. We've had dozens and dozens of laterals to the NYSP and other agencies who all paid significantly more and have come back. The grass, as they say, isn't always greener.

[IPlayGM]

5 hours ago, Malike said:

We had a guy go to the Secret Service from our dept. for about double his salary. He was back in 8 months. We've had dozens and dozens of laterals to the NYSP and other agencies who all paid significantly more and have come back. The grass, as they say, isn't always greener.

I agree with this. The unfortunate part of that is it typically takes leaving to figure that part out. Most of us lack that ability to “recognize what we have” and resist the other.

 

With all that being said, I’m not sure that concept necessarily applies here. He could certainly move on, get the bag, and land in a place with good people and good opportunity.

[Malike]

3 hours ago, IPlayGM said:

I agree with this. The unfortunate part of that is it typically takes leaving to figure that part out. Most of us lack that ability to “recognize what we have” and resist the other.

 

With all that being said, I’m not sure that concept necessarily applies here. He could certainly move on, get the bag, and land in a place with good people and good opportunity.

I think there are some similarities. In this day and age, cops can pretty much lateral to any dept in the country due to shortages everywhere. The guys you work with can be stand-up dudes, it's command staff that usually makes the job suck for its officers, and much like a clubhouse you can have a bad squad.

Burnes won't have 30 options during the offseason, I suspect. He probably has 5 or 6 teams who would possibly pay what he's asking for. 

[Frobby]

12 hours ago, Bemorewins said:

I agree. And I don’t blame any ball player for maximizing their earning potential. I was just stating the obvious because the poster made it sound like if Burnes “liked” being around the team enough that it would persuade him to resign. When the reality is, like most people the paycheck will determine the place.

I think there see plenty of guys who will stay with a contending team they like if the money is close.   But Burnes clearly intends to test the market.   No significant home team discount is coming, and it just takes one team to offer something crazy to knock us out of the picture unless we’re just being stupid. 

[dystopia]

For all the gnashing of teeth from some about him only going 6 innings every time, he's only 1 inning short of Zack Wheeler who is largely considered the best SP in baseball.

[Say O!]

More Corbin Burnes day please. 19 whiffs yesterday for Burnes with curveball generating 5 whiffs (on just 7 swings) and slider generating 7 whiffs (on just 8 swings).  Definitely the best his breaking stuff has looked all year.  Key was starting in zone and dropping out, whereas Burnes had been burying too many into the dirt and not starting the pitches competitively within the zone.  Palmer has mentioned Burnes preference to stay away/away with most offerings, but yesterday Burnes finally seemed to vary location at least a little bit and pitched to more quadrants (sprinkled sinkers in to RHs and cutters in to LHs).  To me that is what made offspeed more effective instead of hitters staying back and looking away/away. 

[Rbiggs2525]

39 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I think there see plenty of guys who will stay with a contending team they like if the money is close.   But Burnes clearly intends to test the market.   No significant home team discount is coming, and it just takes one team to offer something crazy to knock us out of the picture unless we’re just being stupid. 

Good news is the Yankees will be bidding on Gerrit Cole depending on injury. He has a opt out this offseason.

[Frobby]

Topped out at 98 mph yesterday BTW.  I didn’t know he had that level of gas in him.  Really, everything was working.  Really the only negative was that he threw 40+ pitches in the first two innings and that kept him from staying out there for the 7th inning.  But I’ll take 23 more starts exactly like that one. 

[Mooreisbetter27]

15 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Topped out at 98 mph yesterday BTW.  I didn’t know he had that level of gas in him.  Really, everything was working.  Really the only negative was that he threw 40+ pitches in the first two innings and that kept him from staying out there for the 7th inning.  But I’ll take 23 more starts exactly like that one. 

And he gets out of the second a lot quicker if Mountcastle makes that play.  

[Frobby]

3 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

And he gets out of the second a lot quicker if Mountcastle makes that play.  

Yes, but some stuff that happened later in the inning was self-inflicted.  Walking Dylan Moore, hanging a pitch to Urias who was hitting like .150.   But, I don’t want to dwell on the minor blemishes in a stellar outing.