The Sharp & The Fish: Round Eight
A series where we pick out the best and worst picks in each round
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We are here looking at 2026 ADP in 15-pick chunks, and then I’m single-mindedly telling you who the best and worst pick in each clump are. And I obviously can’t be wrong about any of it.
Here are my choices:
SHARP: CHASE BURNS
I get the hesitation, or at least I get a little bit of it. He didn’t stay healthy last year and threw just 110 innings between MLB and AAA.
But that’s the end of the bad news! This dude struck out struck out 35.6% of MLB hitters with an 8.5% BB%. His stuff is most similar, I’d say, to his teammate Hunter Greene. He has insane, insane upside, and I’m really surprised at how cheap he’s stayed.
FISH: BRANDON WOODRUFF
There’s just not a good enough chance he can stay healthy to justify this price. He’s going ahead of Gausman and many other SPs I’d take. I could’ve singled out Glasnow, I suppose, but I like Glasnow’s chances a little bit more than Woodruff’s.
After all Woody went through from 2023-2024, he got back in 2025 and pitched well, but then he finished the year with a lat strain and couldn’t pitch in the playoffs. I think it’s over for the big guy.