I'll tell you the most important thing about him...He pitched for Illinois State University, baby!!!
He doesn't have the hardest of pitches, but what he lacks for in speed is more than compensated by his location. You can check out my article from early December for this wonderful site for more information about what I saw from him at ISU, just to give you a better picture about his earlier pitching days...
http://www.soxnet.net/marsala/article-12.5.html