He played in the Dominican Summer League in 1993 and 1994, hitting .321 in 1993 and .336 in 1994. With the GCL Marlins in 1995, he hit .272 in 55 games. In 1996 and 1997, he played for the Kane County Cougars, hitting .246 in the former year and only .210 in the latter year.
Although he hit only .206 in the 2001 Baseball World Cup, he hit .370 in the 2002 Intercontinental Cup. In April, 2003, it was found out that he had been doping, and he was subsequently banned from international competition for two years.
He returned to professional baseball in 2003, appearing in 13 games for the Calgary Outlaws of the Canadian Baseball League and hitting .300 with three stolen bases.