 He spent all of and most of with the Double-A Greenville Braves before being traded to the Cincinnati Reds for veteran relief pitcher Kent Mercker as the PTBNL on August 14, 2003.Belisle was assigned to Triple-A Louisville and was called up to the majors on September 7, , making his debut that same day.In his debut, he pitched 2 innings, giving up a solo home run and walking one.