I didn't like the way the Brewers handled Burnes last year. Lots of young players have a tough time when they first come to the majors. I thought they should have just sent him back to AAA to work some things out. Instead, they have a bad habit of sticking every good young starter into the MLB pen, and that just made things worse for Burnes. Thankfully, it doesn't look like it had permanent effects, but it might have cost us a year's service time of a potential Cy Young candidate in a few years.

On the positive side, if he and Woodruff can keep this up, that's a good 1-2 punch for the next four years, with a lot of other talented players to fill out the pitching staff. That can go a long way towards getting us some more playoff baseball over the next few years.