LUBBOCK, Texas — Saint Mary’s junior right-handed pitcher Corbin Burnes was named Thursday to his second national award watch list in as many days, as the College Baseball Hall of Fame listed Burnes among 72 pitchers on the 2016 National Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List.
Burnes was named Wednesday to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List. Burnes has been Saint Mary’s No. 1 pitcher all season long. He has helped lead the Gaels to first place in the West Coast Conference through the season’s first nine weeks and a top-40 NCAA RPI ranking.