CINCINNATI — For the first time this season, Chase Burns will make a start for the Reds where he doesn’t have free reign to go as deep in the game as usual. On Monday, Burns will open a series vs. the Dodgers as the club begins its latest West Coast road trip.
Burns, 23, is 15-3 with a 2.79 ERA and 171 strikeouts over 26 starts and 145 1/3 innings that are well above the 109 1/3 innings he worked in the Majors and Minors last year in his first professional season.
It will have been a full week off for Burns, who last started on Aug. 30 against the Cubs on Sunday Night Baseball. During a 7-5 Reds victory, he pitched 5 2/3 innings and gave up three runs (two earned) with six hits, one walk and seven strikeouts.
Against the Cubs, Burns opened with a Pete Crow-Armstrong leadoff home run and endured some early trouble while throwing 42 of his 100 pitches over the first two innings. But as he threw first-pitch strikes to 18 of 25 batters, he settled in and delivered some big outs from there while holding batters with runners in scoring position to 1-for-9.
Burns last started against Los Angeles on July 28, 2025 and took the loss in a 5-2 Dodgers win. He allowed three runs, six hits and one walk while striking out 10 over 5 2/3 innings.