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2012: Wore number 27 with Memphis Redbirds (PCL,
AAA).
2011: Optioned to Columbus (AAA)
by Cleveland on March 28...wore number 28 with the
Clippers...inherited four runners and allowed three
of them to score...designated for assignment by
Cleveland on April 30...claimed off waivers by the
New York Yankees and assigned to the
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (IL, AAA) on May
6...wore number 17 with the Yankees...designated for
assignment by New York on May 12...claimed off
waivers by St. Louis on May 16 and assigned to the
Memphis Redbirds (PCL, AAA)...wore number 15 with
Memphis...allowed two of eleven inherited base
runners to score and blew two saves with Memphis.
2010: Optioned to Columbus (AAA)
by Cleveland on March 23...wore number 28...pitched
in his 100th career game on May 10...got his 300th
career strikeout on June 13...called up by Cleveland
on July 19...sent back to Columbus on July
30...recalled by Cleveland on August 11...optioned
to Columbus on August 14...placed on the DL on
August 16...activated on August 27...allowed five of
ten inherited base runners to score and had two
blown saves with Columbus...won the International
League Championship on September 17...Hogs in the
Minors Player of the Week one time.
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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