The Cincinnati Reds have promoted their top pitching prospect, Chase Burns, from Triple-A to the major leagues. Selected as the #2 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, Burns is the #1 prospect in the Reds’ system and ranked #11 overall by MLB Pipeline. 

The 22-year-old right-hander has dominated the minor leagues in 2025, making him one of the most exciting pitching prospects in fantasy baseball.

 

Chase Burns Prospect Status

The Cincinnati Reds have called up their best pitching prospect, Chase Burns, from Triple-A to the majors. The #2 pick of the 2024 MLB Draft, Burns is the Reds' #1 prospect and #11 overall MLB Pipeline ratings. At 22 years old, right-handed pitcher Burns has annihilated the minor leagues in 2025 and is the most electric pitching prospect available in fantasy baseball.

Burns, the Wake Forest standout in 2024, possessed tremendous strikeout capability with a 17.19 K/9 and 2.70 ERA for 100 innings as a senior collegian. Drafted by the Reds, he rapidly ascended their minor league system in 2025 with a combined 1.77 ERA at High-A, Double-A, and Triple-A. His plus-plus heater, upper-90s sitter, and plus slider have terrorized hitters all over the place. Burns' mix of swing-and-miss arsenal, improving command, and level head on the mound make him a front-line big-league starter in the making.

Burns is just 22, younger than a lot of his minor league peers, but his polish and production have him primed for the big leagues. The Reds' move to promote him implies that they think he can help right away, especially with the void left by the injured Hunter Greene. 

 

Chase Burns Stats

Below is a summary of Burns’ 2025 minor league performance, highlighting his dominance across three levels:

LevelIPW-LERAK/9BB/9HR/9BABIPLOB%GB%
A+11.20-23.0915.433.861.54.16783.3%55.0%
AA42.06-11.2911.790.860.64.25889.1%42.9%
AAA12.11-02.1910.222.920.00.25072.7%37.0%
MiLB Total66.07-31.7712.141.770.68.24484.1%43.5%

Burns' 12.14 K/9 and 1.77 BB/9 in 66 innings indicate his ability to miss bats and keep free passes down. His 1.77 ERA and 2.13 FIP in the minors indicate how he's performed, with a downright excellent performance in Double-A (1.29 ERA, 0.86 BB/9). While his walk rate did increase a bit in Triple-A, his home run suppression ability (0.00 HR/9) and ground ball rate indicate he can adapt.

 

Chase Burns Fantasy Baseball Outlook

To fantasy managers, Chase Burns is a top add across the board. His high-end strikeout potential, on equal footing with breakout aces such as Paul Skenes, makes him a difference-maker in categories leagues. Whereas his ERA might experience some regression to the mean in the majors with the upgrade in competition and Great American Ball Park's hitter-friendly environment, his walk-stifling ability and whiff-inducing capacity should keep him at an efficient pace.

In redraft leagues, Burns is a stash with high ceiling for managers looking to build rotation depth down the stretch. In dynasty leagues, he's a building-block asset with SP1 potential, capable of 200+ strikeouts in his prime. Expect the Reds to keep him under wraps and limit his innings carefully in 2025, but his near-future contribution might be 8-10 starts with a K/9 around 11.0 and an ERA in the low-to-mid 3.00s.

Grab Burns now before his value goes into orbit. He's not only a prospect—he's a future ace ready to make waves in Cincinnati and fantasy lineups.

 

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