David Cardenas Cortes...resides with wife Carmen and 2 daughters, Anaisa and Breana, in El Centro, Calif....graduated from Central Union (Calif.) High School in 1992...attended Imperial Valley College in California, earning all-league honors.

After beginning the year with Triple-A Colorado Springs, David was first purchased on May 9 and, after that, spent all but 9 days in early July in the Rockies' bullpen...established career highs in every category...was one of the final cuts at the end of spring training, as he was not assigned to minor league camp until March 31...went 2-0, 4.10 (52.2 ip, 24 er) in 50 relief appearances for the Rockies...ranked 2nd on staff in appearances, relief ERA and games finished...opposing batters hit .251 in relief, 2nd-lowest among Rox relievers...had 36 strikeouts, 4th among relievers...posted best strikeout/walk ratio (3.60 Ks per walk) in team's bullpen and allowed just 10.42 baserunners per 9 innings, lowest among Rox relievers...allowed 6 of 18 inherited runners to score...retired 36 of 50 (72.0%) first batters faced as those batters had a .239 average (11-for-46)...held right-handers to a .229 average (25-for-109)...posted a 3.34 ERA (32.1 ip, 12 er) in 29 games after the All-Star break...opponents hit .220 (11-for-50) with RISP, including .160 (4-for-25) with RISP and 2 outs...began the year by making 11 relief appearances for Colorado Springs, going 1-0, 4.30 (14.2 ip, 7 er) with one save and 13 K's against just 6 walks...also made one Triple-A appearance for Sky Sox on July 9...made Rockies debut on May 10 vs. Atlanta, tossing 2.0 shutout innings in his first major league outing since Aug. 19, 2003...allowed runs in just 2 of 16 appearances from May 21-June 30, posting a 1.26 ERA (14.1 ip, 2 er) in that span...tossed 8.0 scoreless innings in 8 outings from May 28-June 16...had an 0.84 ERA (10.2 ip, 1 er) over 12 outings in June...recorded first major league win on June 28 vs. Houston, tossing scoreless 8th inning...first win came in his 24th appearance and almost 6 years after his ML debut on Aug. 30, 1999...was optioned to Colorado Springs on July 7...was outrighted off the 40-man roster on July 11...contract was purchased and rejoined Rockies on July 15...over first 21 outings after his return, posted a 1.61 ERA (22.1 ip, 4 er) while holding opponents to a .173 (14-for-81) average...issued just 2 walks with 16 K's in that span...posted both saves during that run, only saves of his career, on July 22 at Pittsburgh and Aug. 27 at San Diego...one of runs allowed in that stretch came on Sept. 4 vs. Los Angeles, a game-tying 7th inning grand slam by Jeff Kent...suffered only blown save of the year that day in a contest that Rox eventually won in 10 innings...went 1-0, 1.89 (19.0 ip, 4 er) in 18 relief outings for Mexicali in Mexican Winter League...recorded 10 saves, T3rd-most in league, issuing just 3 walks against 24 strikeouts.