Veteran hurler returns to bolster Bucs' pitching staff...LAST
SEASON: Posted 1-2 mark in eight appearances (six starts)
with 5.68 ERA...Held opponents to .234 batting
average...PERSONAL: Matthew David O'Brien was born on
December 5, 1987 in Salem, Mass. ...Son of John and Kimberly
O'Brien...Has two younger siblings, Sean (14) and Cameron
(6)...Two-sport letterwinner at Swampscott High, where he also
played football...Captained baseball squad as a senior...Lists
favorites as steak (food), Bad Boys II (movie) and the Red Sox
(sports team).