11/18/2000 |
Drafted in the 2000 first-year player draft (Supplemental Round 1, Pick 1, 33rd overall pick) by the St. Louis Cardinals. |
12/18/2000 |
Signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals organization with a signing bonus of $750,000. |
01/01/2001 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (55); Power: 35 (60); Eye: 40 (55). |
03/29/2001 |
Named the #85 prospect in the MLB |
09/24/2001 |
Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. |
09/28/2001 |
Wins the 2001 Pacific Coast League Round 1 with the Memphis Redbirds! |
11/20/2001 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $158,000. |
01/01/2002 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 40 (55); Eye: 45 (55). |
11/25/2002 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $162,000. |
01/01/2003 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 50 (55). |
11/21/2003 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $168,000. |
01/01/2004 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 50 (55). |
05/11/2004 |
Was suspended for 1 games. |
08/13/2004 |
Injured (sore elbow),day-to-day for 2 weeks. |
11/22/2004 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $174,000. |
01/01/2005 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50). |
04/05/2005 |
Injured (bruised jaw),day-to-day for 3 days. |
11/21/2005 |
Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $861,000. |
01/01/2006 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (65); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (55). |
04/12/2006 |
Injured (oblique strain),out for one week. |
05/22/2006 |
Was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Toronto Blue Jays, along with 3B Scott Rolen, in exchange for RP Andrew Miller, RP Dellin Betances, and RP Neftali Feliz. |
05/27/2006 |
Goes 5-6 against the New York Mets, with 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI and 2 R. |
08/25/2006 |
Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $7,500,000 with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. |
01/01/2007 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (55). |
07/28/2007 |
Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for one week. |
08/06/2007 |
Was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Cleveland Spiders, along with RP Grant Balfour, RP Billy Koch, and 2B Roberto Alomar, in exchange for 1B Lyle Overbay, SP Derek Holland, SP Jesse Litsch, and RF William Felix. |
09/11/2007 |
Injured (shoulder tendinitis),day-to-day for 2 weeks. |
09/25/2007 |
Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 4 days. |
01/01/2008 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50). |
01/01/2009 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50). |
05/13/2009 |
Injured (partially torn labrum),out for 6 weeks. |
11/29/2009 |
Rejected the Cleveland Spiders qualifying offer. |
12/01/2009 |
Became a free agent. |
01/01/2010 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50). |
01/04/2010 |
Signed a 5-year contract worth a total of $58,200,000 with the Chicago Cubs organization. |
05/03/2010 |
Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for one week. |
01/01/2011 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50). |
05/30/2011 |
Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. |
01/01/2012 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45). |