Alley, who was placed on the disabled list in early June, had been on a rehab stint with the AZL Padres in 2006. In seven games, he was hitting .323 with six runs scored, a pair of doubles and triples and six runs batted in.

Alley hit .205 with 48 hits in 234 at bats for the Fort Wayne Wizards. In 67 games he collected 11 doubles, two homers, 23 RBI's and 27 runs scored. He also drew 52 walks and whiffed 33 times. Alley stole 11 bases in 17 attempts.

2005

Alley hit .263 with 40 walks to just 26 K's in 45 games for Fort Wayne in 2005, recording a .411 OBP in the process.

He hit .365 with a .500 OBP in 14 games for the Eugene Emeralds in 2005. He walked 15 times while striking out nine times and scored 11 runs.

Alley was selected by the Padres in the 10th round out of the University of Tennessee in the 2005 June Amateur Draft. He led the Volunteers to an appearance in the NCAA College World Series and overall record of 46-21.