Sunday, July 04, 2004

Where are they now - Brian Burks

Burks got his first minor league victory - link here.

Brian Burks got the first win of his minor league career on Saturday. Burks was selected by the Padres in the 2004 amateur draft out of Georgia Tech. Burks throws four pitches, a fastball, slider, changeup and curve. Burks went an inning and a third, allowing just a walk to earn the win. He entered the game in the eighth and struck out a batter with two outs and two men on. Burks has not allowed an earned run in his five innings of work over five games