I was looking at the Portland roster, trying to figure out who Hayhurst & Co. played the Japan teammate bathing prank on (my guess is Bryan Mowry, although Chip Ambres is also a possibility), when I stumbled across this guy on their roster.

Does anyone else remember, back in 2003, when he emerged as a sort of sleeper prospect, a guy who showed up on the map and produced some cautious optimism that he could maybe become a solid major league pitcher?

Then he had some injury issues and fell off the map, although he did join the migration of former Ranger prospects in the Padres organization.

Anyway...just a weird flash seeing the name of someone I hadn't thought about in years.