 Although his rookie season was short but fairly impressive, the Tigers did not keep him for more than a season.Instead, right before the beginning 1996 season, he was traded by the Tigers with Cade Gaspar and Sean Bergman to the Padres for Raul Casanova, Richie Lewis and Melvin Nieves.That would basically seal the fate for his big league career-it ended on April 3 of that year.