Corbin Burnes vs. Tyler Glasnow: 2024 Fantasy Baseball Rest of Season Rankings

Corbin Burnes and Tyler Glasnow found themselves on brand new teams this offseason. Burnes was dealt from Milwaukee to Baltimore, while Glasnow was acquired by the Dodgers from Tampa Bay and then quickly signed a five-year extension.

Both pitchers were brought in to be the aces on their respective staffs for teams that have World Series aspirations. The 29-year-old Burnes spent the first six seasons of his career in Milwaukee, winning the NL Cy Young Award in 2021 and making three All-Star teams from 2021-2023. The 30-year-old Glasnow came up with the Pirates in 2016 but made a name for himself in Tampa Bay where he looked dominant at times, but eclipsed 100 innings only once due to a whole range of injuries.

Both pitchers are off to solid starts with their new teams, but which of these aces will finish the fantasy baseball season more highly ranked?

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Corbin Burnes vs. Tyler Glasnow

Let's compare what Burnes and Glasnow have done so far through the season's first two months.

Burnes made his 12th start of the season last night, so both pitchers have made the same number of starts and have pitched roughly the same amount of innings. However, Glasnow leads Burnes in every category but ERA and there's a sharp difference in strikeouts as Glasnow leads the league with 95 and Burnes comes in at 16th with 71.

Glasnow ranks 19th overall in Yahoo's fantasy rankings right now, while Burnes is ranked 33rd. Can Burnes overtake Glasnow by the season's end?

2024 Fantasy Baseball Rest of Season Rankings

In my last breakdown, I favored Zach Wheeler over Tarik Skubal over the course of a full season and one of the reasons was his reputation as a workhorse, innings-eater, who has logged heavy innings before. And while Burnes has that going for him over Glasnow here, I am not sure the injury risk of Glasnow is enough to sway me from ranking him higher.

Tyler Glasnow today:

7 IP
2 ER
2 H
8 K
15 whiffs

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— Blake Harris (@BlakeHHarris) May 28, 2024

Burnes's numbers really tailed off last year from the dominant numbers he posted in 2021-2022 and his K% has dropped yet another 1% this season. If we have already seen peak Burnes and he's settled into these numbers for now, then I have to side with Glasnow whose numbers are more impressive across the board except for a few walks and earned runs.

Both pitchers should continue to rack up wins while on the mound for two of the better teams in baseball, but if Glasnow stays healthy he's on pace to post some massive strikeout numbers.

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