[4] Rice returned to baseball pitching in independent leagues, playing for the Long Island Ducks in 2008 and the Newark Bears in 2009.

[2] During the season, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Rice and assigned him to their Class AA minor league team.

[5] The Dodgers invited Rice to spring training in 2012, but he did not make the team, and was instead assigned to pitch for the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL).

[4] He made his MLB debut on April 1, 2013, striking out Nick Hundley and Cameron Maybin and retiring Will Venable on a ground out in one inning of work.

[11] Rice re-signed with the Mets on a minor league deal with an invite to spring training in December.