Jesse Chavez Announces Sudden Retirement From Baseball
July 24, 2025
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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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One of baseball’s most durable relievers is calling it a career.
Just one week after he was designated for assignment by the Atlanta Braves, 41-year-old right-hander Jesse Chavez announced his retirement Thursday on the Foul Territory podcast.
Chavez pitched for nine teams in an 18-year MLB career that began in 2008.
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Rafael Montero #48, Enyel De Los Santos #61, Jesse Chavez #60 and Scott Blewett #63 of the Atlanta Braves walk to the bullpen before the game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Truist Park on… Rafael Montero #48, Enyel De Los Santos #61, Jesse Chavez #60 and Scott Blewett #63 of the Atlanta Braves walk to the bullpen before the game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Truist Park on April 23, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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