 On June 7, he signed a deal with the independent Florence Freedom of the Frontier League, where he played four games before signing with the independent Brockton Rox of the Canadian-American Association, going 3–3 in 11 starts with a 3.01 ERA.He played all of 2009 with Brockton, where he had a 3.36 ERA in 12 appearances.His 2009 season ended when he suffered a fractured right elbow.