His father, Rolando, was a Cuban immigrant. He attended St. Genevieve High School in California and later played college baseball at Sacramento State.
He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 15th round of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft. On August 30, 1997 he was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Kansas City Royals for Bip Roberts.
The only game he played was on September 26, 1997. He was substituted into the game for Kevin Appier in the sixth inning and allowed a home run to the first batter he faced, Ray Durham. He struck out the next batter, Mike Cameron, and retired five of the following six batters.

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