Lakeland, Fla. — You didn’t have to be a pitching guru to know something was amiss with former first-round draft pick Beau Burrows this spring. Just watching his first couple live bullpen sessions, it was clear he didn’t have his usual zip.
Validation of that came in his only Grapefruit League outing, the opener Feb. 22, when he was tagged for five runs on four hits in two-thirds of an inning. He hasn’t pitched since, spending his days on the back fields working to straighten out his mechanics.