 He split the season between the AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox and the Rockies.With the Sky Sox, he was 6-0 with a 2.45 ERA in 31 games and with the Rockies he was 0-3 with a 6.20 ERA in 27 games.At the end of the 2009 season, he became a free agent, and was signed to a minor league contract by the Washington Nationals.