2006: Named by Baseball America as having the best strike zone judgment in the Tampa Bay system.
2005: Visalia's Player of the Year ... Hit safely in 54 of 60 games with the Oaks, reaching base 132 times ... Compiled a California League-high 24-game hitting streak 7/12 - 8/5, tying for longest in the minor leagues, and the second longest in the Devil Rays' system behind Aubrey Huff's 28-game streak with Orlando in 1999 ... System's top hitter with a .329 combined average, ranking 4th with 79 runs batted in ... Named to the Midwest League's All-Star Team.
2004: Tore through New York - Penn League pitching with Hudson Valley in June debut to the tune of a .378 average ... Promoted to Charleston 8/3, where he finished the season with hits in last nine games, including three-hit efforts 9/3 and 9/5 against now-defunct Capital City.