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Yahoo! Sports: Burks, Indians agree on three-year deal
If that is the case, he might have been better off staying in San Francisco. The Indians are treading water right now. The big problem is that they haven't produced much talent recently, well except for Brian Giles. If you look at their team age values, it is going up, which would be all right if the team was getting better, but it isn't. And now they are trading the best AL hitter (yes Manny is) who is turning 29 for a 36-year-old with significant durability issues.
Burks has played 240 games the last two years and they are paying him $21m over three years. This deal is going to look really bad in 2002.
Similar Batters thru Age 35
Ellis Burks wanted a chance to play in the World Series and the Cleveland Indians wanted a right fielder.
If that is the case, he might have been better off staying in San Francisco. The Indians are treading water right now. The big problem is that they haven't produced much talent recently, well except for Brian Giles. If you look at their team age values, it is going up, which would be all right if the team was getting better, but it isn't. And now they are trading the best AL hitter (yes Manny is) who is turning 29 for a 36-year-old with significant durability issues.
Burks has played 240 games the last two years and they are paying him $21m over three years. This deal is going to look really bad in 2002.
Similar Batters thru Age 35
- Fred Lynn (941)
- Reggie Smith (933)
- Bob Johnson (913)
- George Foster (896)
- Dick Allen (896)
- Dave Parker (894)
- Bobby Bonilla (894)
- Ken Boyer (887)
- Tony Perez (885) *
- Dante Bichette (885)
posted by Sean Foran # 7:57 AM 
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