Reds June 2025 Thread

[CJD]

Very exciting news, Chase Burns has been promoted to AAA!

In this thread, the OP asked what's the realistic timing for Chase Burns debut in the majors. My prediction was that, if he remained as dominant as he had started the year (which he has), he'd be promoted to AAA after 8 starts in AA.

Quote:The big difference with Burns is he has not had that rough start to AA that Lowder had. He has made 4 starts so far and he's been just as impressive against AA hitting as he was against A+ hitting, and has been even better at limiting walks and runs with a BB/9 of 0.95 and an ERA of 1.89. His K/9 dropped slightly from 15.4 to 13.3, but 13.3 would still be extraordinarily elite in MLB (for reference, Hunter has a K/9 of 12.02 this season).

If he keeps up this dominance, I could see him debuting in the majors by mid June. Let's predict June 19th as the earliest realistic date, just for fun. That would be approximately 6 starts from now, which would mean he completed 4 more starts in AA (to match Lowder's 8 dominant starts), plus 1 in AAA.

Chase Burns just completed his 8th start in AA, and is now being promoted to AAA.

Now, with Rhett Lowder, he only made 1 start in AAA before being promoted to the majors. I think that was mostly due to need though, so I wouldn't be surprised if Burns is given 3 to 4 starts in AAA before the buzz to bring him up to the majors starts to become overwhelming. Especially if he continues to dominate in AAA.

I am really excited about this guy's future and I would love to see him in the majors in July. I'm looking forward to seeing how he performs in AAA and how long the Reds wait before calling him up. Because, at this point, it seems inevitable that he'll see the majors this year.