Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Corbin Burnes ranked sixth on MLB Now’s Top 10 Starting Pitchers Right Now last night. The 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner finished one spot ahead of the Kansas City Royals’ Cole Ragans and one spot behind two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In addition to Burnes, teammate Gabriel Moreno ranked seventh on the Top 10 Catchers Right Now last Thursday night. On Burnes, MLB Network analyst and 19-year MLB pitcher Al Leiter said, “The D-backs, this is an excellent pickup. Well-deserved 6-year deal.”
The complete ranking for MLB Now’s top-10 starting pitchers is listed below:
- Zack Wheeler, Philadelphia Phillies
- Tarik Skubal, Detroit Tigers
- Chris Sale, Atlanta Braves
- Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates
- Blake Snell, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Corbin Burnes, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Cole Ragans, Kansas City Royals
- Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees
- Logan Webb, San Francisco Giants
- Framber Valdez, Houston Astros
What do you reckon?