He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, and Oakland Athletics.

[1][2] He was selected to the all-West Coast Conference Freshman team in 2008 when he had a 7–4 win–loss record with a 4.95 earned run average (ERA) and struck out 106 batters.

[5][6] Despite describing his time at Pepperdine as a "great experience,"[3] he chose to transfer to Sonoma State University for his junior season in order to be closer to home and his ill grandmother.

[8] He made his professional debut that season with the Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer Baseball League, where he was 1–6 with a 5.73 ERA in 12 games (11 starts).

[9] He subsequently missed the entire 2011 season due to left shoulder surgery,[10] and returned in 2012 to pitch in 10 games (six starts) for the Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League where he had a 2.55 ERA.

[9] He pitched for the Gigantes del Cibao of the Dominican Winter League after the season and then returned to Omaha for 2015, where he was 2–3 with a 2.56 ERA in 631⁄3 innings over 41 games.

He pitched a scoreless ninth inning, retiring two batters on groundouts and then striking out Nicholas Castellanos to end the game.

[7] He picked up his first MLB win on July 2 when he pitched two scoreless innings against the Minnesota Twins[14] and his first save on August 22 against the Colorado Rockies.

[7] He appeared in four games in the postseason for the Dodgers, one in the 2018 NLDS, and three in the 2018 World Series, allowing two runs to score on one hit and two walks in 21⁄3 innings pitched.

[7] He was optioned off the active roster on September 2, and spent the remainder of the pandemic-shortened season at the Dodgers alternate training site.