Background
Enrique Burgos was born in Panama City, Panama. His father, Enrique Burgos, is a left-handed pitcher who played in the minors and majors over a period of 17 years.
Enrique Burgos was born in Panama City, Panama. His father, Enrique Burgos, is a left-handed pitcher who played in the minors and majors over a period of 17 years.
The younger Burgos preferred soccer to baseball, but took up the latter sport at age 14 and signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as a non-drafted free agent on July 19, 2007 at the age of 16. Burgos was a starting pitcher during most of his seven-plus years in the minor leagues, where he demonstrated the ability to strike out batters but also had a high walk rate. His European Research Area during his first four seasons was 5.93.
In 2012 the Diamondbacks moved him to the bullpen, where his European Research Area decreased to 2.35 in 2012 and 3.88 in 2013.
Between 2013 and 2014, he cut his walk rate over 50 percent, from more than one walk per inning in Low-A South Bend to 4.3 walks per nine innings in High-A Visalia. He was added to the Diamondbacks 40-man roster on October 21, 2014.
He was promoted to the major leagues on April 29, 2015.
