Milwaukee Brewers star Corbin Burnes left his team’s 7-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night with a left pectoral strain. Burnes picked up the strain in the fourth inning when placing a tag on Eugenio Suarez at the end of a rundown.

Despite trying to see out the game, Burnes left in the sixth inning. Still, Brewers manager Craig Counsell believes that Burnes’ injury is not severe in nature and that the pitcher could play in the next game depending on his recovery progress.

“I think it just kind of overstretched it. So I’m not really sure what happened,” Burnes said of his injured pectoral. “I didn’t feel it when it happened at the time. When I came back after the sixth warming up, I could feel starting to tighten up and kind of get crampy.” It was at this point that Burnes exited the game.

During his 5⅓ innings, Burnes allowed two runs on three hits with three strikeouts, thereby limiting the Mariners to three runs and handing the Brewers the win.

Counsell and Burnes have both confirmed that the next step now is to have the pitcher re-evaluated on Tuesday with the hopes that he will be able to return to play in the next game.

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The Milwaukee Brewers might have won the arbitration case against their starting pitcher Corbin Burnes, but they got one clearly unhappy player in their clubhouse as a result. Speaking with reporters on Thursday, Burnes said that the way Brewers handled the arbitration hearing “definitely hurt” his relationship with the franchise.

Burnes and Brewers elected to go to arbitration after being unable to agree on the player’s salary for the 2023 MLB season. The 2021 NL Cy Young winner asked for $10.75 million while the team argued he should be paid $10.01 million. The arbitrator ended up siding with the Brewers.

Burnes attended the arbitration hearing and was displeased with some of the arguments the Brewers made while presenting their case.

“Obviously, it’s tough to hear. It’s tough to take. They’re trying to do what they can to win a hearing,” Burnes told the reporters. “There’s no denying that the relationship is definitely hurt from what [transpired] over the last couple of weeks. There’s really no way of getting around that.”

According to Burnes, the Brewers singled him out as the biggest reason why they missed out on playoffs in 2022.

“That’s something that probably doesn’t need be said,” the 28-year-old, who is set to become a free agent after 2024, added.

Burnes wasn’t as efficient in 2022 compared to his Cy Young-winning campaign but still produced a solid season. He finished with a 12-8 record in 33 starts while compiling a 2.94 ERA and career-high 243 strikeouts.

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The MLB unveiled this year’s Cy Young Award winners on Wednesday. The Milwaukee Brewers’ Corbin Burnes was named the National League’s best pitcher while the Toronto Blue Jays’ Robbie Ray took home the award for the best pitcher in American League.

Burnes started 28 games for the Brewers in 2021 and went 11-5 with 234 strikeouts while boasting an MLB-best 2.43 ERA. He finished at the top of NL Cy Young Award voting with 12 first-place votes and 151 points. The Philadelphia Phillies’ Zack Wheeler had the same number of first-place votes from Baseball Writers’ Association of America voters but finished with a total of 141 points due to lower placement on other ballots.

Burnes became the first Milwaukee player to get the award since the franchise moved to National League in 1998. Overall, he is the third Brewer to receive the honor, following Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers (1981) and Brewers Wall of Honor member Pete Vuckovich (1982).

Ray, on the other hand, was a runaway AL Cy Young Award winner after delivering a 13-7 record and leading the American League in games started (32), ERA (2.84), and strikeouts (248). The 30-year-old received the honors almost unanimously, picking up 29 first-place votes out of 30. The only remaining first-place vote went to New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole.

Ray is the fourth Blue Jays player to receive the Cy Young award. Roger Clemens won it in 1997 and 1998, while Pat Hentgen took one the year before. Roy Halladay was the most recent winner in 2003.

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Milwaukee Brewers star Corbin Burnes left his team’s 7-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night with a left pectoral strain. Burnes picked up the strain in the fourth inning when placing a tag on Eugenio Suarez at the end of a rundown.

Despite trying to see out the game, Burnes left in the sixth inning. Still, Brewers manager Craig Counsell believes that Burnes’ injury is not severe in nature and that the pitcher could play in the next game depending on his recovery progress.

“I think it just kind of overstretched it. So I’m not really sure what happened,” Burnes said of his injured pectoral. “I didn’t feel it when it happened at the time. When I came back after the sixth warming up, I could feel starting to tighten up and kind of get crampy.” It was at this point that Burnes exited the game.

During his 5⅓ innings, Burnes allowed two runs on three hits with three strikeouts, thereby limiting the Mariners to three runs and handing the Brewers the win.

Counsell and Burnes have both confirmed that the next step now is to have the pitcher re-evaluated on Tuesday with the hopes that he will be able to return to play in the next game.

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The Milwaukee Brewers might have won the arbitration case against their starting pitcher Corbin Burnes, but they got one clearly unhappy player in their clubhouse as a result. Speaking with reporters on Thursday, Burnes said that the way Brewers handled the arbitration hearing “definitely hurt” his relationship with the franchise.

Burnes and Brewers elected to go to arbitration after being unable to agree on the player’s salary for the 2023 MLB season. The 2021 NL Cy Young winner asked for $10.75 million while the team argued he should be paid $10.01 million. The arbitrator ended up siding with the Brewers.

Burnes attended the arbitration hearing and was displeased with some of the arguments the Brewers made while presenting their case.

“Obviously, it’s tough to hear. It’s tough to take. They’re trying to do what they can to win a hearing,” Burnes told the reporters. “There’s no denying that the relationship is definitely hurt from what [transpired] over the last couple of weeks. There’s really no way of getting around that.”

According to Burnes, the Brewers singled him out as the biggest reason why they missed out on playoffs in 2022.

“That’s something that probably doesn’t need be said,” the 28-year-old, who is set to become a free agent after 2024, added.

Burnes wasn’t as efficient in 2022 compared to his Cy Young-winning campaign but still produced a solid season. He finished with a 12-8 record in 33 starts while compiling a 2.94 ERA and career-high 243 strikeouts.

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The MLB unveiled this year’s Cy Young Award winners on Wednesday. The Milwaukee Brewers’ Corbin Burnes was named the National League’s best pitcher while the Toronto Blue Jays’ Robbie Ray took home the award for the best pitcher in American League.

Burnes started 28 games for the Brewers in 2021 and went 11-5 with 234 strikeouts while boasting an MLB-best 2.43 ERA. He finished at the top of NL Cy Young Award voting with 12 first-place votes and 151 points. The Philadelphia Phillies’ Zack Wheeler had the same number of first-place votes from Baseball Writers’ Association of America voters but finished with a total of 141 points due to lower placement on other ballots.

Burnes became the first Milwaukee player to get the award since the franchise moved to National League in 1998. Overall, he is the third Brewer to receive the honor, following Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers (1981) and Brewers Wall of Honor member Pete Vuckovich (1982).

Ray, on the other hand, was a runaway AL Cy Young Award winner after delivering a 13-7 record and leading the American League in games started (32), ERA (2.84), and strikeouts (248). The 30-year-old received the honors almost unanimously, picking up 29 first-place votes out of 30. The only remaining first-place vote went to New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole.

Ray is the fourth Blue Jays player to receive the Cy Young award. Roger Clemens won it in 1997 and 1998, while Pat Hentgen took one the year before. Roy Halladay was the most recent winner in 2003.

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