| 06/05/2001 |
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 16th round of the 2001 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bellaire HS (Bellaire, TX). |
| 12/20/2005 |
Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Arizona Diamondbacks with P Orlando Hernandez and P Luis Vizcaino for P Javier Vazquez. |
| 04/08/2008 |
Signed a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $28,000,000 with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. |
| 07/13/2010 |
Selected to the 2010 MLB All-Star Game. |
| 10/20/2012 |
Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Oakland Athletics as part of a 3-team trade: The Miami Marlins received IF Yordy Cabrera (OAK). The Arizona Diamondbacks received P Heath Bell (MIA), IF Cliff Pennington (OAK), and cash (MIA). The Oakland Athletics received OF Chris Young (ARI) and cash (ARI). |
| 11/01/2013 |
Became a free agent. |
| 11/22/2013 |
Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $7,250,000 with the New York Mets organization. |
| 08/15/2014 |
Released by the New York Mets. |
| 08/28/2014 |
Signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees organization. |
| 11/04/2014 |
Became a free agent. |
| 11/09/2014 |
Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,500,000 with the New York Yankees organization. |
| 11/02/2015 |
Became a free agent. |
| 12/02/2015 |
Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $13,000,000 with the Boston Red Sox organization. |
| 11/02/2017 |
Became a free agent. |
| 02/18/2018 |
Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,000,000 with the Los Angeles Angels organization. |
| 10/29/2018 |
Became a free agent. |
| 06/25/2020 |
Signed a minor league contract ($60,000 bonus) with the Brooklyn Sycamores organization. |
| 09/30/2020 |
Retired from professional baseball. |