Yes. It would have been excellent had he been given more screen time. Or a follow up role. Problem becomes crediting the original writes of the episode who created the character.

I just looked and it appears Brannon Braga wrote it. Should have been no problem to have him use his own character in a follow up episode.

I’ve read 2 Star Trek books one was Ship of the Line, and it follows Captain Bateson after he returned to “current” time. I thought it was great.