Last Updated on February 23, 2011 4:09 pm by admin
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – At long last, Emmanuel Burriss is back where he is supposed to be for the San Francisco Giants.
It has been a long 20 months since the last half of Burriss’ 2009 season at Triple-A Fresno was shelved because of a fracture of the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot. Another fracture of the same bone in spring training a year ago limited him.
He played in five games for Class A San Jose in 2010, 67 games for Fresno and five for the Giants, but still wasn’t quite the same as before.
Now 25 pounds lighter and moving around much better, he is in the mix for a reserve role with Mark DeRosa and Mike Fontenot.