Cincinnati Reds starting pitchers Chase Burns made his Major League debut on Tuesday and accomplished something just two players in the history of MLB have done. According to OptaSTATS, only 2 pitchers have done the following over the first 2 innings of any start in MLB history.

Former Vol Chase Burns started for the Reds and made his Major League Baseball debut. He pitched five innings and recorded eight strikeouts against the Yankees. Burns totaled 81 pitches, including 53 strikes, against 21 batters. He struck out five consecutive batters to start the game and totaled six strikeouts against the first seven batters.

As you can see from Alex Chamberlain’s Pitch Leaderboard above, Soroka has begun to dial back on his four-seam usage and started to lean into his sinker more than at the start of the season. He has also totally abandoned his modestly used slider and just turned that usage (and more) to his solid curveball. So, should this work?