Complex sentence: After playing there for three years, he went to the Houston Astros when he was traded to Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Brandon Backe, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and the San Diego Padres before the White Sox picked him up in mid- 2005.
Split into simpler sentences: After playing there for three years, he went to the Houston Astros when he was traded to Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Brandon Backe. He also played for San Diego Padres before the White Sox picked him up in mid- 2005.