rakers made his major league debut on september 8, , pitching in three major league games that season. in , rakers spent most of the year pitching for the orioles triple-a affiliate, the ottawa lynx, where he had 92 strikeouts and 21 walks in 77 innings with an era of 2.57. rakers missed the entire season because of a torn labrum in his pitching shoulder and was non-tendered during the offseason. he was invited to spring training by the san diego padres in february , but did not make the team and was optioned to the padres triple-a affiliate, the portland beavers. rakers appeared in only one major league game and became a minor league free agent at the end of the season. rakers signed with the houston astros for the season, but was released shortly after and signed with the york revolution of the atlantic league for the 2008 season.