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Jesse Chavez Elects Free Agency

By Anthony Franco | April 3, 2025 at 6:25pm CDT

The Braves announced that reliever Jesse Chavez elected free agency after being designated for assignment on Tuesday. He cleared outright waivers and retested the market rather than accept the assignment to Triple-A.

This was the expected outcome, though there’s a decent chance Atlanta will look to bring the 41-year-old righty back on a new minor league contract. He signed his most recent minor league deal with the Braves on March 23, two days after he was released by the Rangers. Atlanta called him up on Monday but squeezed him off the roster after one game. Chavez tossed 41 pitches to get through two innings of mop-up work. He would not have been available for at least a day or two, so Atlanta swapped him out for Zach Thompson to add some length to the bullpen.

Over the past four years, the Braves signed Chavez to four separate contracts, claimed him off waivers once, and traded for him once. He has provided Atlanta 186 2/3 innings of 2.56 ERA ball while striking out a quarter of batters faced between those various stints. Chavez hasn’t had anywhere near that level of success anywhere else. He has also spent time in the Angels, Cubs, White Sox and Rangers organizations (at least during Spring Training) in recent years, but he has continually circled back to the Braves.

It would not be a surprise if that continued. It’s common for players to decline an outright assignment before re-signing with that team. (Phillies infielder Buddy Kennedy took that approach on Tuesday.) That allows the player to renegotiate opt-out or upward mobility provisions that may not have been in the previous deal.

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  1. Bob Sacamano 310

    3 months ago

    *one day later*
    “Jesse Chavez signs minor league deal with the Braves”

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    • ohyeadam

      3 months ago

      Could they sign him to a minor league deal. Then assign him to extended spring training or rookie ball but let him travel with the Braves?

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    • nukeg

      3 months ago

      I’m convinced Jesse Chavez is the new Chuck Norris.

      Jesse Chavez once hit a walk-off home run in the first inning.

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  2. Yankee Clipper

    3 months ago

    Certainly seems like a circuitous route to sign with the Braves.

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    • LordD99

      3 months ago

      He’ll be back. He always is.

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      • Boston’s Alignment

        3 months ago

        Julio Franco is texting him right now.

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        • Ted

          3 months ago

          Imagine Jesse Chavez playing another *eight* seasons and you have Julio Franco. Crazy.

          Actually, crazy is the .818 OPS Franco put up in 361 PA at age 45. Wow, I’d forgotten how good he was at that age.

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  3. ESPNSUCKS

    3 months ago

    Tomorrow he is signing back with the Braves

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  4. windmill_noise_causes_cancer

    3 months ago

    He’ll be back.

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  5. Logjammer D'Baggagecling

    3 months ago

    Just retire and become a bullpen coach for the Braves Jesse

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    • Acoss1331

      3 months ago

      He was pretty good for the Cubs when they got him at the trade deadline with Nick Castellanos, in 2018 I believe it was?

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      • Logjammer D'Baggagecling

        3 months ago

        He also played for the Cubs in 2022 as well as the Braves Twice and Anaheim Angels.

        And drafted originally by the Cubs but obviously he didn’t sign as he was later drafted by the Tejas Rangers

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        • benhen77

          3 months ago

          *Tetas Rangers

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        • Logjammer D'Baggagecling

          3 months ago

          Originally drafted by the Cubs but he opted to attend college instead.

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  6. Fernando P

    3 months ago

    Chavez just DELAY-ing his inevitable return.

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  7. AL B DAMNED

    3 months ago

    Have Gun (88 MPH) Will Travel! In or around I-85 or I-285! Gwinnett Transit! Or, the Angels will sign him so they will already have a trade set up with the Braves! However, I would rather see him retire! The Braves Bullpen is tattered plenty enough already!
    Tattered and Shattered!

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    • Mercenary.Freddie.Freeman

      3 months ago

      Al are you a Phillies Phan?

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      • AL B DAMNED

        3 months ago

        No! Just not a Jesse fan! Freddie Freeman Fan though!

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  8. positively_broad_st

    3 months ago

    Going to shop himself around, trying to get a big league deal. If not, probably signs with Atlanta to pitch in Gwinnett to see if he’s got anything left in the tank…

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  9. Brick House Coffee Tables Inc

    3 months ago

    I hope Jesse negotiated a driver to take him back and forth to Gwinnett.

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  10. Old York

    3 months ago

    I thought home was where the heart is. I guess no longer…

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  11. AL B DAMNED

    3 months ago

    Snit already misses Jesse and will talk AA into bringing him back with Snit thinking that Jesse will give the Braves momentum going into the Marlins series this weekend! After all, he would be the most rested arm out of the pen! Wasn’t that their plan?

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  12. Zerbs63

    3 months ago

    Pretty sure the Braves winless start is not Chavez fault.

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  13. Outfieldflyrule??

    3 months ago

    If the Braves bring back Jesse again things will have gone from bad to worse. He’s done…hang em up dude!!

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