Great arm, great competitor. If he stays healthy, he has a very bright future. Rated the Marlins' No. 1 prospect by Baseball America, Burnett tore a ligament in his pitching thumb this spring. I was in a big hole right from the first game. I think my expectations were too high, I thought I could do things too quick.
Some guys get to the big leagues and feel more pressure.
I think he felt a release of pressure. It allowed him to relax. That's about right, agrees Burnett. Burnett was an unheralded 1995 eighth-round draft pick who burst into prominence in '98, after being traded from the Mets to the Marlins. I didn't know what I was doing.