JAKE BURNETTE
RIGHT HANDED PITCHER
  Born: June 10, 1992
Height: 6’5″
Weight: 185
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: 7th  Round, 212th Overall, 2011
How Acquired: Draft
High School: Buford HS, GA
Agent:  N/A

WTM’S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES
The Pirates on day two of the 2011 made several high-profile picks early, but quickly got back to their pattern in recent years of picking projectable high school RHPs.  Burnette was one.  He’s tall with long arms, and throws 86-88 according to Baseball America, although other sources have him throwing harder.  He also throws a curve and change.  He played basketball as well as baseball in high school.  He passed up a scholarship to Georgia Tech to sign at the beginning of August.

2011
R:  0-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP 1 IP, 9.0 BB/9, 9.0 K/9

He got in one inning at the end of the GCL season.

2012
A-:  1-2-0, 4.71 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 21.0 IP, 2.6 BB/9, 3.4 K/9

Burnette opened in the State College rotation and pitched decently through five starts, aside from an extremely low K rate.  He went on the DL with a sore elbow, though, and missed the rest of the season.  An MRI showed no damage, so there weren’t expected to be any lasting consequences and he was slated to pitch in fall instructionals.

Burnette will open 2013 in extended spring training, which isn’t surprising considering how little he’s pitched since joining the organization.
STATS
Baseball Reference — Minors
Fangraphs
MiLB.com
HS
W-L-Sv
G
GS
IP
H
HR
BB
K
WHIP
OAVG
ERA
2010 3-1-? 25.0 31 3.16
2011 8-0-? 57.0 80 1.72
CONTRACT INFORMATION
2013:  Minor league contract.
PLAYER INFORMATION
Signing Bonus:  $550,000
MiLB Debut: 2011
MLB Debut:
MiLB FA Eligible: 2017
MLB FA Eligible:
Rule 5 Eligible:  2015
Added to 40-Man:
Options Remaining: 3
MLB Service Time: 0.000
TRANSACTIONS
June 7, 2011: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round, 212th overall pick; signed on August 3.