Vital Statistics:
Born: December 27, 1983
Hometown: San Diego, California
Height: 6-3
Weight: 190
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Family: Wife, Heidi (former contestant on “Survivor” and a Playboy model)
Primary position: Starting pitcher
Before The Bigs:
- Drafted in the first round by the Phillies (17th overall) out of Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego.
- Started his pro career by going 6-1 with a 0.84 ERA in 13 starts at Single-A Lakewood, where he yielded just 32 hits in 75 innings.
- Missed most of the 2004 season with an elbow injury, and much of 2005 when he broke his left (pitching) hand in a bar fight.
- Advanced from Single-A all the way to the Phillies in a month and a half in 2006. His minor-league totals were 14-4 with a 273 strikeouts in 35 games.
- Yielded one hit in five innings in his major league debut against Cincinnati on May 12, 2006. Went 9-8 in 23 starts, including an eight-inning shutout against the Mets in August.
- Struck out 15 in his first big-league complete game on April 21, 2007.
- Was named to the National League All-Star team in 2007.
