Corbin Burnes did not have the prime stuff on Sunday. He was good, but not great. It’s bullshit he got charged for three runs yesterday. That was an error by Escobar and giving Burnes those runs is fucking ridiculous. That is not home cooking when you’re trying to win a Cy Young. Regardless, three runs were charged to Burnes. He did strikeout seven and allowed six hits. So again, not his best start. But it’s about all the starts when it comes to the Cy Young award. And his major competitor, Walker Bueler, did not have a good night either as he got rocked by the San Francisco Giants. Burnes leads most of the major categories.

Check in on the NL Cy Young race:
fWAR (Burnes, 6.6)
ERA (Buehler, 2.31)
FIP (Burnes, 1.58)
Innings (Wheeler, 182.2)
K/9 (Burnes, 12.3)
WHIP (Scherzer, 0.86)
SIERA (Burnes, 2.68)

— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) September 6, 2021

What could you possibly ding Burnes on? The innings thing is not going to be an issue with Buehler. People will want to say that matters, but honestly, isn’t it about how dominant you are when you’re out there? Buehler does have him beat there, but he didn’t accumulate the most innings out of the group. Maybe it’s the WHIP, but again, it’s Max Scherzer leading that category, not Buehler. If anything, Buehler looks more overrated and overstated as a candidate than Burnes. Even though he didn’t have great stuff last night, Burnes showed the filth.

Light work from Burnes here. Lets have a Sunday. #Brewers pic.twitter.com/HC9x1sZkf3

— Tapping The Keg Sports (@TappingTheKeg) September 5, 2021

Burnes’ next start will be on Saturday when the Crew takes on the Cleveland Indians.

Charlie.