Read: A.J. Burnett is Not Just a Two Pitch Pitcher

It?s funny, A.J. Burnett was everyone?s favorite whipping boy a few months ago, but one bad offseason later and all of a sudden most of the unrealistic trade ideas have gone away because he has suddenly become an important part of the team.
But in the past one of the biggest knocks on Burnett was that he was just a two pitch pitcher, relying solely on a fastball and a curveball. Well Lucas Apostoleris of Beyond the Boxscore examined Burnett?s repertoire and determined that Burnett boasts an arsenal of four pitches:

You may often hear commentators refer to A.J. as a two-pitch pitcher due to his extreme reliance on one offspeed pitch in strikeout situations. These days, A.J.?s repertoire consists of four distinct pitches: a four-seam fastball, a two-seam fastball, a knuckle-curveball, and the occasional hard changeup. He used to throw a slider, but there is no PITCHf/x evidence for this after June of 2008 (he threw 40 that year). He&...

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Lenny Wilkens New England Patriots