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4 reasons Billy Burns might be good enough to start every day for the Oakland A's

When the Oakland A's acquired Billy Burns for Jerry Blevins before the 2014 season, Athletics Nation went a little bit crazy for him. We loved Blevins, but Burns was the kind of toolsy prospect who you get to dream big things about. If only he can fix his flays and hit his absolute best-case projection, he'll be the next big thing! His speed is his one elite skill, and the question was whether he would be able to do enough other things well to allow him to utilize that speed at the Major League level. So, we got super-excited about his potential because we're fans and fans do that.