Tanner Burns

Tanner Burns (born December 28, 1998) is an American college baseball pitcher for the Auburn Tigers.

Burns grew up in Decatur, Alabama and attended Decatur High School, where he played baseball starting in eighth grade. As a junior, Burns hit .472 with 13 home runs and 60 RBIs and went 5-2 with two saves, a 1.11 ERA and 80 strikeouts. As a senior, Burns went 10-1 with a 0.88 ERA and 116 strikeouts while .467 with 16 homers, 10 doubles, four triples and 46 RBIs and was named Alabama Mr. Baseball, the Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year and the National Player of the Year by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Burns was selected in the 37th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Yankees.

As a true freshman Burns made 17 starts, posting a 7-4 record with a 3.01 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 86.2 innings pitched and was named to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) All-Freshman team and was named a Freshman All-American by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1 Baseball and Perfect Game/Rawlings. He was named preseason first team All-SEC going into his sophomore season. He went 4-4 with a 2.82 ERA and 101 strikeouts in 15 starts and was named a third team all-American by Perfect Game.

Burns entered his junior season on the watchlist for the Golden Spikes Award and as a preseason All-American selection as well as first round prospect for the 2020 MLB Draft.