(through 2024 season)
Corbin Brian Burnes (born October 22,1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Milwaukee Brewers and Baltimore Orioles.
Burnes was selected by the Brewers in the fourth round of the 2016 MLB draft,and made his MLB debut with them in 2018. He is a four-time All-Star,and won the National League (NL) Cy Young Award in 2021,after leading the NL in earned run average (ERA). He led the NL in strikeouts in 2022.
Burnes attended Centennial High School in Bakersfield,California. In 2013,his senior year,he had a 9–4 win–loss record with a 2.23 earned run average (ERA) in 22 appearances. [1] After high school,he enrolled and played college baseball at Saint Mary's College of California. [2] [3] In 2015,he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [4] In 2016,his junior year,he posted a 9–2 record with a 2.48 ERA in 16 starts. After the season,he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. [5]
Burnes made his professional debut with the Arizona League Brewers and was later promoted to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. [6] In