 After the 2005 spring training Bergeron was one of the final players cut from the major league roster where he then decided to sign a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles, playing the 2005 season with the AA Bowie Baysox batting .296 with five home runs, 33 RBI, and 13 stolen bases in 91 games.Following that season he was again granted free agency.In 2006 Bergeron signed on with the Philadelphia Phillies, splitting the season with the AA Reading Phillies and AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons.