http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/80 Recent articles about Chris Burke en-us After taking two trips to South Florida to play the Marlins already this season, the Arizona Diamondbacks get to play host to the Fish this weekend. Florida was not a very accomodating host to the Diamondbacks, sweeping a 3-game set in May, and taking two out of three in June. Now, the new [...] Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:01:48 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/311284 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/311284 It's back to division play for the Arizona Diamondbacks, as they open a 6-game homestand with a 3-game series against the woeful San Diego Padres. And playing in the division is fine with Arizona. The Diamondbacks have gone 31-16 against teams in their division this season. If the NL West standings w Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:48:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/309275 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/309275 The Skinny: The Arizona Diamondbacks brought their hitting shoes to Minute Maid Park in Houston, scorching the Astros 12-2 in a game that was never in doubt. The Diamondbacks scored 3 runs in the first inning off of Astros' starter Wandy Rodriguez and never looked back. The 12 runs was more than enough r Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:51:28 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/307034 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/307034 It's always fun when the Astros and the Diamondbacks get together. Mostly because it looks like an intrasquad game, seeing as the two squads have exactly the same color schemes. Of course, the Diamondbacks call there shade of red "Sedona Red", while the Astros sport "brick red". In case you had any t Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:52:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/306879 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/306879 The Skinny: Adam Dunn's 2-run single highlighted a 5-run 5th inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks took the rubber game of a 3-game series, beating the Colorado Rockies 6-2. Chris Snyder started the scoring in the 5th with a 2-run homer, and the next batter, Chris Burke followed with a solo shot (his f Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:26:40 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/306348 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/306348 Dunn in the Desert should be fine, but who else should you look at? Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:02:38 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/304089 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/304089 Arizona Diamondbacks' 1B Conor Jackson was taken to the hospital during tonight's game verse the Cincinnati Reds. He was pinch-hit for by Chris Burke in the 5th inning and at the time it didn't seem to be an injury. There had been rumors in press row about a stomach illness had been bothering him over the past few days. Jackson went to the hospital after the game because he was still having trouble breathing. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:26:38 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/227023 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/227023 The Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday traded MLB's saves leader Jose Valverde to the Houston Astros for 3 players in a separate, but connected deal under which the Oakland A's traded their ace and 2007 All Star Game starter Dan Haren to Arizona for 6 players with the Diamondbacks getting 3 players back from the Astros in a massive 3 team, 12 player pair of transactions. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:27:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/46925 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/46925 WOW. All i have to say is WOW: The D-backs completed a deal to acquire right-handers Dan Haren and Connor Robertson from the A's in exchange for six prospects, it was announced Friday afternoon. In addition, the D-backs sent closer Jose Valverde to the Astros in exchange for infielder Chris Burke and right-handers Chad Qualls and Juan Gutierrez. Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:36:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/44276 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/44276 Three men enter, one man leave. Lane has a 1,000 bats under his belt. Burke has paid his dues and Pence has never hit above Triple-A. Who do Astros fans want? The rookie, of course, but is he their best bet for 2007? Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:23:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/11000 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/11000 "In fantasy baseball, the ripe old age when potential turns to production and boys become men is 27, the beginning of a player's prime time and the point when a breakout season is most likely to occur." Tony Finn of SI breaks down the players who will benefit in their year 27 campaigns and those who won't. Injury reports and depth charts are important, but this fantasy document can make as much of an impact on a draft as anything else. Read on, my friends. Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:28:33 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/10132 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/10132 The last player that Houston went to arbitration with was Daryl Kile in 1997. Linked are the 2007 salaries for the entire Astros lineup. They are weighing in at a hefty $93.257 Million heading into the upcoming season. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:44:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/9175 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/9175 With W. Taveras gone to Colorado Burke may get regular time as the Astros CF this year. Burke hit 9HR, had 11SBs and hit .276 in 366 ABs last year. Regular time may make him a 20-20 threat. He's also shown some good progression in OBP (.200, .309, .347) over the last three years and SLG (.059, .368, .418). The first year stats are from a very small sample size but the last two years came in 318 and 366 respectively. That he'll keep his 2B eligibility is a nice bonus. Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:00:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/6710 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/6710 Looking at a 2007 budget of $52 million, the Rockies have some interesting decisions to make this offseason. They won't be in the running for centerfielders such as Gary Matthews, Juan Pierre or even Dave Roberts (who will command a multi-year deal). They'll have to get creative. That means GM Dan O'Dowd might look for possible trading partners instead of making a splash in free agency. Chris Burke and Coco Crisp would make for intriguing options. Burke was the Astros top prospect in 2004, but has failed to find an everyday place in the lineup. With Hunter Pence and Luke Scott pushing for playing time in the outfield and Biggio and Everett locked up for 2007, Burke could easily be made available. The Coco Crisp experiment in Boston was a disaster. I'm not sure the Red Sox are ready to move on, but if they are, I'd expect the Rockis to be major players. Crisp's season was derailed mostly by injuries. Coco will be only 27 on opening day, so his best years are still ahead of him. Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:04:21 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/4923 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/4923 It's pretty cool to see a guy hit a homerun in his first game with a new team and Huff did just that tonight. In the 8th against the Marlins in 1-1 tie, Taveras singled to start the inning and Burke reached on an error after that. Big Lance Berkman then drove in Willy to go ahead 2-1. With blood in the water already, Huff smacked a 3-Run homer to put the Astros up 5-1. The announcer couldnt' have said it better as he ended the broadcast an inning later, "Huff sure does look good in an Astros uniform." Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:03:12 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/591 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/591