Career Highlights: Fourth season of professional baseball and first with the Wingnuts…career 20-11 record with 4.26 ERA in 272.1 career innings…55 career appearances, 40 as a starter…224 strikeouts and just 56 walks…has six career complete games and three shutouts…also has five saves…winning record in each of his first three seasons…contract purchased by the New York Yankees in September 2007…played college baseball at the University of the Pacific…went 13-11 for the Tigers striking out 123 in 205.0 IP while walking 53 during 32 starts from 2005-2006…majored in communications…also played at Modesto Junior College going 18-3 with one save from 2003-2004…earned First-Team All-American honors as a freshman in 2003 and Second-Team honors in 2004…also earned three President’s Academic Awards at Modesto JC…played at Johansen High School in Modesto, named to All-Central California Conference First-Team…acquired rights from Shreveport-Bossier along with Matt Petty in trade that sent Brenan Herrera to Fort Worth and Justin Young to Shreveport-Bossier…works as therapist for a chiropractor in off-season…enjoys creating art, reading, fermentation, and lifting weights