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Tampa Bay Completes Trade for Closer Rafael Soriano

Shoring up a trouble spot in the back end of their bullpen, the Tampa Bay Rays have traded reliever Jesse Chavez to the Atlanta Braves for reliever Rafael Soriano. The deal, which was supposed to finalized on Thursday, didn't become official until Friday afternoon as one of the doctors that was needed to sign off was in...

Rays Trade Akinori Iwamura to Pittsburgh for Reliever Jesse Chavez

In a surprising piece of mid-World Series news, the Tampa Bay Rays and Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to a trade this afternoon. Tampa will send second baseman Akinori Iwamura to the Pirates in return for relief pitcher Jesse Chavez. According to the same report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (who broke news of the...

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05/23/12 Gose and Lind are Notable on a Light Day Source: Batter's Box Only two games on the docket and Las Vegas were the only winners.
05/18/12 Losers Score One Source: Batter's Box In every minor league affair involving a Blue Jays affiliate on Thursday, the losing team scored a single run and 3 out of 4 times, that worked out in our favor.
05/13/12 A Pillar of Strength Source: Batter's Box 38 runs scored in four games for the affiliates.
05/13/12 51s hammer Zephyrs to remain hot Source: Las Vegas Review Journal - Las Vegas NV The 51s got plenty of power on offense and eight strong innings from starter Jesse Chavez in an 8-0 Pacific Coast League victory over the host New Orleans Zephyrs on Saturday.
05/03/12 Miller graduate Chavez is pitching well for Las Vegas... Source: Fontana Herald News - Fontana CA As one of the nicest guys you are going to meet in all of pro sports, Fontana A.B. Miller High School graduate and right-handed pitcher Jesse Chavez, signed a contract over the off-season with the Toronto Blue Jays after being claimed off of waivers and finds himself pitching at the team's AAA affiliate, the Las Vegas 51s.

Background on Jesse Chavez

Jesse David Chavez (born August 21, 1983 in Victorville, California) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.

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