Resides in Jupiter, Fla., and has a son named Brayden James...Graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla....Signed by Roger Smith (Cardinals).
2013
Spent the majority of his ninth year of professional baseball with the Chicago White Sox organization before joining the Gwinnett (AAA) Braves in mid-August...Between the three stops (CWS, Charlotte and Gwinnett), batted .250 (76-for-304) with 16 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 34 RBI in 91 total games...Began the 2013 season in spring training camp with Houston. Was release by the Astros on 3/26 and became a free agent on 3/28. Signed to a minor-league contract by the Chicago White Sox on 4/4...Spent time between the White Sox and Triple-A Charlotte before being released by Chicago on 8/13 (was designated for assignment on 6/3 and outrighted to Charlotte on 6/5)...Signed by the Braves to a minor-league contract on 8/17 and assigned to Gwinnett.
2012
Combined to hit .230 (70x305) with 11 homers while with St. Louis (77g) and Houston (39g)... hit .246
(31x126) with six doubles, seven homers and 11 RBI with the Astros after being traded to the club in August...
started 30 games at shortstop and three at second base for Houston...began the year with the Cardinals
before being acquired by the Astros in exchange for cash considerations on Aug. 9...had a productive 2012
season offensively at Minute Maid Park...posted a .279 (19x68) average with six doubles, six homers, 10 RBI
and a .632 slugging percentage in 25 games at the venue...hit two of his six homers as a Cardinal on May 6, in
a game where he went 3x3 with four RBI against the Astros.
2011
Began the season on the Major League roster for the first time in his career...Led the Cardinals with 11 stolen bases and was a perfect 11-for-11 in steal attempts. Is a perfect 16-16 in his MLB career...Was inserted as a pinch-runner nine times, scoring six times...Was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on 6/18, recalled 7/29-31 before a final recall on 9/6 after the AAA season ended...Hit .323 in 66 games for Memphis with 19 doubles, two triples and 14 home runs; also stole 19 bases which ranked 2nd on
team to Adron Chambers. The .323 BA was his best at any level during any season...Swiped 2 bases on 4/16 at LAD, a career high...Had very efficient numbers against NL West opponents, batting .333 (9-27) with six RBI and four stolen bases...Made 14 starts at 2B & 10 at SS with appearances at 2B, SS, LF & RF for St. Louis...Collected two-run pinch single 4/15 at LA; was 2-13 (.154) as a pinch-hitter with three RBI...His only home run came at HOU, a solo shot off J.A. Happ, in a 4/27 start playing shortstop...Matched a career high with three hits 5/8 vs. MIL. Had three multi-hit games...Batted lead-off for Cards on 6/16 at WSH, but appeared most often in the 8-spot when starting (16 times, 5 times batted 7th)...Had an RBI-double in the 11th on 9/16 at PHI, after entering the game in the bottom of the 10th in left field...Inserted as a pinch-runner in 9th inning vs. CHI (9/24), stole second and scored tying run in critical pennant race game.
2010
Began the season at Memphis (AAA) before being recalled to St. Louis on 4/26...Played three different positions in 44 games while with St. Louis as he appeared at second base (15), third base (11) and shortstop (22)...Homered on 4/29 vs. ATL off Jesse Chavez, his first start after recall...Was 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts and has yet to be caught stealing at the ML level in five career attempts...Registered five multi-hit games with St. Louis...Batted .286 in July and appeared in 18 games, his longest stretch of games in any month...Recorded a 17-game hitting streak at Memphis from 5/22- 6/07 and batted .413 (31-for-75) in that time...Hit safely in 14 of 18 games at Memphis in April...Registered two four-hit games at Memphis as he was 4-for-5 on 5/22 at SAC and went 4-for-4 with three RBI on 6/3 at OKC...Led the Memphis squad in triples (5), ranked second in stolen bases (12) and fourth in both doubles (21) and total bases (154)...Ranked in the Top 10 of all Cardinals minor leaguers in runs (7th) and triples (T3rd) while playing in 84 games...Was named to the Pacific Coast League Mid-Season All-Star team...Played four games for Aguilas in the Dominican Winter League and batted .364...Played five games for Magallanes in the Venezuelan Winter League.
2009
Started the season in Memphis (AAA) but was called up for first Major League action on 4/30 at WAS...Played in 48 games in St. Louis making appearances at first base, second base, third base, shortstop and centerfield...First ML hit came at WAS (4/30) on a deflected infield single off Julian Tavarez in the 9th inning scoring Rick Ankiel...First ML home run was as a pinch-hitter for Colby Rasmus off David Weathers at CIN (5/8), a solo shot in the 8th inning...Had season-best three hits at FLA (6/10) with a double and run scored...Smacked 15 home runs and stole a team-high 31 bases (2nd best in franchise history) at Memphis in just 89 games...His 31 stolen bases were tops in Cardinals minors, ranking T-3rd in home runs (15) and 3rd in runs (70)...Recorded two multi-homer games at RR (7/28) and at ABQ (8/27)..Batted .350 (7-20), 7th-best in the AAA playoffs, posting a .462 (6-13) road average and homered in Game 2 at ABQ (9/10)...Rated with "Best Infield Arm" in the Cardinals minor league system by Baseball America's Best Tools survey.
2008
Began the season at Double-A Springfield where he got off to a slow start in April (.178).
... Improved his average each month and by the time of his promotion to Memphis (AAA) had hit .327 in July for Springfield (36-
110) with six doubles and six home runs that month.
... Finished 2nd on Springfield club with 16 HR's despite playing less than 100 games at Double-A.
... Was named to Texas League All-Star team.
... Played 29 games at shortstop for the Redbirds while getting his first taste of Triple-A.
... Had a fielding pct. of .955 in 91 games while at shortstop with Springfield.
... Played for Peoria in Arizona Fall League, batting .287 (25-87).
2007
Played at Double-A Springfield where his season was cut short due to a right knee injury...was placed on the DL 6/17 and did not play again the remainder of the season...was tabbed as the best infield arm in a Baseball America "Best Tools" survey of the Cardinals minor league system.
2006
Played at both High-A Palm Beach and Double-A Springfield...his 33 combined stolen bases topped all Cardinals minor leaguers...after his promotion to Springfield in July, hit safely in his first five games (.381, 8-21) and 13 of his first 15 (.323, 20-62)...belted two home runs at WIS (7/16).
2005
In his first professional season split time between Class A-Short Season New Jersey and Palm Beach (A)...went 19-for-20 in stolen base attempts, with the 19 steals 5th-most among Cards minor leaguers...posted four-hit game at VER (7/22)...hit first professional home run at JAM (8/5)...at Palm Beach had a hit in all but three of his 20 games played...had clutch two-out two- RBI game-tying single in Game 5 of the FSL Championship... was named the Cardinals 3rd-best prospect by
Baseball America.
