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Burns is poverty Eaton.
He reminds me a bit of Skip Schumaker. Good enough bat control and a solid batting eye but so little thump that pitchers just challenge him every AB. So you won't get many BBs or strikeouts because pitchers throw him strikes and he has the batting eye to recognize them so he'll swing.
The problem is the massive amount of soft contact and how BABIP dependent his production is going to be. That much soft contact (most of it on the ground) is going to make for a lot of really easy outs, especially when pitchers don't even have to be inside conscious on him. They can fire the ball right at his hands and not really worry about him yanking it over the fence on them. So with all 4 quadrants vailable to them, pitchers can get him off balance and guessing pretty easily, then set about knocking the bat out of his hands if all else fails.
He's a bit like DeJesus was in that he's a guy that can perform admirably as a starter for a .500 or worse team but if you're aiming at 90+ wins and he's starting for you (especially in CF), he's almost certainly the weak link on your squad.
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