Signed by the New York Yankees as a free agent to a Minor League contract on Jan. 6, 2006...signed by the Yankees to a Minor League contract on Nov. 17, 2004...granted free agency on Oct. 15, 2004...signed by the Chicago Cubs as a free agent on Feb. 19, 2004...released by the New York Mets on Nov. 13, 2003...traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with 1B Josh Pressley to the Mets for SS Rey Ordonez on Dec. 16, 2002...traded by the Houston Astros to Tampa Bay for RHP Marc Valdes on May 27, 2000...selected by Houston in the first round (30th overall) of the 1994 First-Year Player Draft out of Louisiana State University...set a LSU school record with a .410 batting average and earned first-team All-America recognition by the National Collegiate Writers Association.
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