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Jesse Chavez Elects Free Agency

By Nick Deeds | April 29, 2025 at 6:27pm CDT

April 29: Chavez cleared waivers and elected free agency yet again, as relayed by David O’Brien of The Athletic. It wouldn’t be a surprise if he signs a new minor league deal in the next day or two.

April 27: The Braves announced this morning that they’ve designated right-hander Jesse Chavez for assignment. The move makes room on the active roster for right-hander Davis Daniel, who has been recalled to the majors.

Chavez, 41, made just one appearance in his latest stint with the Braves when he surrendered one run on two hits and a walk while striking out two in an inning of work against the Diamondbacks. He’s so far posted a 6.00 ERA in three innings at the big league level for Atlanta this year, his sixth season in a Braves uniform. The veteran journeyman has pitched to a 4.24 ERA (99 ERA+) and 4.22 FIP in his 18 seasons as a big leaguer but has enjoyed something of a resurgence in recent years.

In 2018, Chavez posted a 2.55 ERA and 3.54 FIP for the Rangers and Cubs across 95 1/3 innings of work. It would’ve been easy to think of that performance as a flash in the pan after he returned to Texas and struggled in both 2019 and the shortened 2020 season, but he signed with Atlanta in 2021 and has looked quite good ever since with a 2.96 ERA and 3.50 FIP in 204 innings of work since then. That ERA drops to an even more impressive 2.59 when looking just at the time he’s spent in Atlanta over the past five seasons, and a strong relationship between the organization and player has seen him return to the club repeatedly in recent years after brief stints elsewhere.

It seems likely that relationship will continue even after today’s DFA. The Braves now have one week to either trade Chavez or pass him through waivers going forward, but if he does clear waivers it would hardly be a shock to see Chavez reject an outright assignment before re-signing in Atlanta on a minor league deal, as he did the last time he was DFA’d by the Braves earlier this month. Should he accept an outright assignment return to the Braves organization on a fresh deal, he’ll remain available to Atlanta as a non-roster depth option who can be called upon to provide length out of the bullpen as needed.

Chavez’s departure from the roster makes room for Daniel, who Atlanta acquired from the Angels back in December. The righty was a seventh-round pick by Anaheim in the 2019 draft and made his big league debut in 2023. In total, he’s pitched 42 2/3 innings of work across nine appearances (six starts) with a 5.06 ERA and 4.41 FIP during that time. Last season, Daniel struck out 20.9% of batters faced at the big league level while walking just 4.5%, but was held back by the long ball as he surrendered five in just 30 1/3 innings of work. For a Braves club that doesn’t have a clear starter for Monday’s game against the Rockies after losing Spencer Strider to the injured list, Daniel could be an option for a spot start if he’s not needed out of the bullpen against the Diamondbacks this evening.

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54 Comments

  1. LordD99

    6 months ago

    Ground Hogs Day.

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    • Yankee Clipper

      6 months ago

      Any guesses on tomorrow’s article title? Lolol.

      12
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      • avenger65

        6 months ago

        Seven times and counting. It’s got to be a record, right, stat cast? He’ll be re-signed before the week is out.

        2
        Reply
      • RonDarlingShouldntBeInTheHallOfFame

        6 months ago

        Clipper-Braves re-sign Chavez to minor league deal.

        1
        Reply
    • braveshomer

      6 months ago

      If I were a GM and had a roster spot to burn I would claim Jesse just to troll the Braves lol

      3
      Reply
    • nukeg

      6 months ago

      Jesse Chavez = greatest frequent flyer miles card holder ever.

      Reply
    • sugoi51

      6 months ago

      Phil? Hey. Phil?!? Phil Connors? youtube.com/watch?v=XqSYC_vwhDg

      Reply
    • 5TUNT1N

      6 months ago

      Do minor league deals count against the luxury tax?

      Reply
  2. AL B DAMNED

    6 months ago

    To Be Continued
    D F A
    Braves sign Jesse Chavez.
    D F A
    Braves sign Jesse Chavez
    Adam Ottavino up next!

    2
    Reply
  3. braveshomer

    6 months ago

    Ok this is getting ridiculous lol…in other news Eli White needs push Kelenic to the bench, even if he’s just on a mini hot streak he deserves to get the bulk of the playing time until Acuna is back (or traded like TradeAcuna would prefer lol)

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    • ESPNSUCKS

      6 months ago

      Kelenic was sent down yesterday

      1
      Reply
  4. Cohn Joppolella

    6 months ago

    Chavez belongs in the HoF.

    3
    Reply
    • sugoi51

      6 months ago

      More like the HoDFA.

      2
      Reply
    • mlb fan

      6 months ago

      “belongs in the Hof”…Clearly, you meant the frequent flyers Hall of Fame. Chavez is already in the individual airlines “team” HOF for “Lufthansa”, “Jet Blue” and “American Airlines.”

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      Reply
  5. sad tormented neglected mariners fan

    6 months ago

    The cycle of signing back on a minor league deal, getting selected and then DFAd continues

    2
    Reply
  6. Scottnva74

    6 months ago

    Who knew the 80s rock band White Snake could see into the future. Here we go again was a tribute to Chavez and the Braves!

    3
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    • braveshomer

      6 months ago

      I was thinking more of the song ‘Should I stay or should I go’ by Clash I believe lol

      2
      Reply
      • mlb fan

        6 months ago

        “I’m leaving on a Jet plane” is the first song that came into my mind.

        3
        Reply
    • Bucket Number Six

      6 months ago

      No, that was Chuck Finley’s song.

      1
      Reply
      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        6 months ago

        Played at his bachelor party

        Reply
  7. Flanster

    6 months ago

    Of course,he was. See you tomorrow,Jesse

    Reply
  8. James Midway

    6 months ago

    Just have one running article at this point

    3
    Reply
  9. lowtalker1

    6 months ago

    I thought he was traded the brewers I missed the Braves pick up

    Reply
  10. ShootyBabbit

    6 months ago

    The Billy Martin-George Steinbrenner hiring/firing scenario with a player

    3
    Reply
    • Bucket Number Six

      6 months ago

      Lite Beer from Miller. Everything you want from a beer. And less.

      Reply
      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        6 months ago

        It is both! It is both! It’s both.

        2
        Reply
      • mlb fan

        6 months ago

        “Lite Beer”..It’s a known fact that chicks dig the long ball.

        Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      6 months ago

      Marshmallow sales

      Reply
  11. Jump 84

    6 months ago

    Deja vu all over again. Something like that.

    Reply
  12. Alan53

    6 months ago

    We laugh at this DFA-and-then-resign stuff, especially when it repeatedly involves the same player and same team, and especially when it involves a slightly ridiculous player like Chavez (he is ancient and should have just retired long ago)–but in fact it isn’t really funny and in fact is a bit dreadful, a bad trend for fans. Fans need to know who is on their team and who isn’t. The roster will change over the course of the season, certainly, but it should not change day-to-day, based on overactive GMs’ efforts to gain minute advantages. The roster should have some integrity, in both the literal and extended sense of the word.

    3
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    • raregokus

      6 months ago

      Lighten up, Francis

      3
      Reply
      • Ok Yankees Fan

        6 months ago

        He hurt his big toe.

        Reply
    • StudWinfield

      6 months ago

      Not having stability of the 7th and 8th arms out of a bullpen is definitely going to destroy MLB. Smh

      1
      Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      6 months ago

      The crazy 🤪 cantankerous crabby one kinda has a point tho. Maybe do away with the 40 man construct in lieu of all injuries. Move to a 41 man roster. That should help

      Reply
  13. NashvilleJeff

    6 months ago

    Easily explained why Chavez/Atlanta may do this a few more times this season. The Braves only have 2 optionable relief pitchers—–Dylan Lee and Daysbel Hernandez. Those two and Aaron Bummer have been the most reliable arms out of the pen this season. Chavez is able to throw multiple innings in low leverage spots and isn’t likely to be claimed when dfa. This is the second time in as many appearances that the Braves have waived him. Maybe the Braves sweeten his minor league deal each time he’s dfa and re-signed. Unless the Braves trade for or promote another optionable relief arm or two, Chavez may keep setting records for being dfa and re-signed by the same team.

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  14. Penniless in Seattle

    6 months ago

    Why even write an article at this point?

    Reply
    • Soto should bat first.

      6 months ago

      The dates were changed. The mlbtr intern is responsible for Jesse Chavez articles.

      Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      6 months ago

      Why stay in college? Why go to night school? Gonna be different this time?

      2
      Reply
  15. quonset point

    6 months ago

    Second verse, same as the first.

    3
    Reply
    • Soto should bat first.

      6 months ago

      Let it be. Let it be. Let it be.

      Reply
  16. kellin

    6 months ago

    Lost in all this is Davis Daniel getting called up. He had some promise with the Angels but they gave up on him. Not sure if his slightly better stats shoe improvement but I hope he does well with Atlanta

    1
    Reply
  17. Paleobros

    6 months ago

    “Good night, Jesse. Good work. Sleep well. I’ll most likely DFA you in the morning.”

    – The Dread Pirate Anthopoulos

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    • unpaidobserver

      6 months ago

      This is objectively a good post.

      1
      Reply
    • unpaidobserver

      6 months ago

      “You use those words designate for assignment a lot. I dont think you know what that means.”

      2
      Reply
  18. BigBopper

    6 months ago

    Does anyone know if he gets screwed out of pension credit this way or is 10 years service time full pension and it doesn’t go up from there?

    Reply
    • Paleobros

      6 months ago

      Bopper,

      Looks like he has 14.038 years of service time, so he’s hit the pension max already. So to my understanding, he’s good on that regardless.

      3
      Reply
  19. slowcurve

    6 months ago

    I JUST CAN’T QUIT YOU

    Reply
  20. Bivouac-Sal

    6 months ago

    Every time I think I’ve had enough
    I start heading for the door
    There’s a very strange vibration
    Piercin’ me right to the core
    It says, “Turn around, you fool
    You know you love her more and more”
    Tell me why (Tell me why)
    Is it so (Is it so)
    Don’t wanna let you go

    I keep thinkin’ that our problems
    Soon are all gonna work out
    But there’s that same unhappy feeling
    And there’s that anguish, there’s that doubt
    It’s the same old dizzy hang up
    Can’t do with you or without
    Tell me why (Tell me why)
    Is it so (Is it so)
    Don’t wanna let you go

    Reply
  21. nowheredan

    6 months ago

    All my life’s a circle…

    Reply
  22. agood

    6 months ago

    Alright Jesse. Good work out there. See ya next week

    1
    Reply
  23. jeffreybecker77

    6 months ago

    or the rockies

    Reply
  24. Braves20

    6 months ago

    My “send Coach to the All Star Game” t-shirt isn’t as relevant as it was last year.

    Reply
  25. Outfieldflyrule??

    6 months ago

    Hey Jesse, it’s time to retire dude.

    Reply
  26. cheapseater

    6 months ago

    Also on the 2013 A’s with Jesse was Adam Rosales who shuttled back and forth with the Rangers on the DFA wire. And that playoffs, they repeated the 2012 playoffs exit. What a team!

    Reply

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