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2009: Named the #4 prospect in the Cardinals organization
by Baseball America on January 14...got a non-roster invite to
spring training with the Cardinals...re-assigned to minor league
camp on March 16...made four appearances (0-1, 6.1 ip, 3 K, 4.26
ERA) in MLB Spring Training for St. Louis...wore number 28 with
Memphis (PCL, AAA)...called up by the St. Louis Cardinals on
June 4...sent back to Memphis on June 6...selected for the PCL
All-Star game on July 1...threw 787 pitches, 532 for strikes,
at Memphis...allowed one of 15 inherited base runners to score
and had two blown saves with Memphis...traded from St. Louis
to Cleveland on July 26 as the 'player to be named later' in
a previous trade for Mark DeRosa...assigned to the Columbus Clippers
(IL, AAA)...wore number 10 with Columbus...threw 51 pitches,
36 for strikes, with Columbus...recalled by the Cleveland Indians
on August 5...named the Best Reliever in the PCL by Baseball
America on August 12...tied for third in the PCL in saves...Hogs
in the Minors Player of the Week five times.
2008: Ranked the #18 prospect in the Cardinals organization
by scout.com...ranked the #9 Cardinals prospect by minorleagueball.com
on January 11...wore number 28 with the Palm Beach Cardinals
(Florida State, A+)...got his 100th career strikeout on April
28...named the St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Pitcher of the
Month for April...promoted to the Springfield Cardinals (Texas,
AA) on May 4...wore number 27 with Springfield...threw his 100th
career inning on May 18...selected to the Florida State League
midseason All-Star game on May 29...named the Texas League Pitcher
of the Week on June 2 (1-0, 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R)...selected to represent
the North Division in the Texas League midseason All-Star game
on June 5...was the starting pitcher for the North team in the
TL All-Star game on June 25 (2.0 innings, 1 hit, 5 strikeouts)...selected
to play for the United States team in the 2008 Futures Game on
June 26...named the Texas League Pitcher of the Week on June
30 (0-0, 8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 10 K)...pitched one inning (1 BB,
1 K) for the U.S. Team in the Futures Game at Yankee Stadium
on July 13...promoted to the Memphis Redbirds (PCL, AAA) on August
10...wore number 33 with Memphis...named to the Texas League
Post-Season All-Star Team on August 25...picked off one base
runner at Palm Beach and two at Springfield...threw 1,496 pitches,
985 for strikes, at Springfield...threw 354 pitches, 221 for
strikes, at Memphis...Hogs in the Minors Player of the Week six
times...named the St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Pitcher of
the Year on September 27...named the #7 prospect in the Texas
League by Baseball America on October 2.
2007: Drafted in the second round (82 overall) by
St. Louis on June 7...signing was announced on June 20...wore
number 22 with the Batavia Muckdogs (New York-Penn, short-season
A)...got the win in his first professional game on June 20 (4.0,
0 runs, 5 strikeouts)...named the New York-Penn League Pitcher
of the Week for the week of July 23-29 (2-0, 1.13 ERA, 8.0 ip,
6 h, 1 r, 2 bb, 15 k)...named to the New York-Penn League's midseason
All-Star game for the National League-affiliated team on August
9...had two blown saves with Batavia...Hogs in the Minors Player
of the Week three times...ranked #13 on Baseball America's New
York-Penn League Top 20 Prospects List on September 26...went
0-1 with a 0.90 ERA, one earned run, one hit, zero walks and
15 strikeouts in 10.0 innings for the Cardinals instructional
league...named in the Best Fastball and Best Secondary Pitch
sections in Baseball America's 2007 St. Louis Cardinals Draft
Report Card...named the Starting Pitcher of the Year for Batavia
by scout.com.
College: At Navarro College from 2005-06...at
Arkansas in 2007...earned national player of the week honors
after he set an Arkansas and SEC Tournament record with 17
strikeouts in eight innings on May 24...second team All-American
in 2007...wore number 28 at Arkansas.
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