in 2012, he made the midwest league all-star team as a member of the great lakes loons and he began 2013 with the rancho cucamonga quakes of the california league, where he was 6-7 with a 4.62 era in 29 games (14 starts). he was promoted to the aa chattanooga lookouts in the second half of the season and appeared in 11 games out of the bullpen, with a 1.69 era.