Blue Jays ship Jesse Chavez to Oakland for cash
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays sold right-hander Jesse Chavez to the Oakland Athletics on Friday. The 29-year-old Chavez split this season between Toronto and Triple-A Las Vegas. He was 1-1 with an...
View ArticleToronto Blue Jays’ rotation rebuild may not stop with J.A. Happ signing
TORONTO – It seems that many Blue Jays fans were holding out for a hero. Instead, they got J.A. Happ. And judging from the reaction of some vocalists on social media, they felt short-changed. But Happ...
View ArticleToronto Blue Jays lose arbitration case with pitcher Jesse Chavez
PHOENIX — Pitcher Jesse Chavez defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in salary arbitration, improving players to 3-0 this year in cases that went to hearings. Chavez was awarded a $4 million salary on...
View Article‘I want to be a guy they can count on:’ Jesse Chavez happy to be back with...
DUNEDIN — Four years ago Jesse Chavez passed through Toronto on his challenging journey of personal discovery. He’s back this spring, still searching for that Holy Grail of pitching, but this time, at...
View Article‘It’s just a maturity thing’: Toronto Blue Jays’ Jesse Chavez likes what he...
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Jesse Chavez has been around long enough and played for enough teams to know a good clubhouse when he sees one. And this year’s Toronto Blue Jays clubhouse, the veteran right-hander...
View ArticleToronto Blue Jays reliever Jesse Chavez ‘painting the corners’; Jose Bautista...
The Blue Jays bullpen has been roundly, and justifiably, criticized for much of the season, but there is clearly a light at the end of that tunnel, especially as it pertains to Jesse Chavez. Acquired...
View ArticleToronto Blue Jays can’t say it’s early anymore: They need to fix their bullpen
DENVER — It was too early in April, then still early in May. Now that spring has turned to summer and the days are getting shorter — it’s true, you can look it up — ‘it’s early’ is an old bromide that...
View ArticleToronto Blue Jays acquire Francisco Liriano and two more arms to bolster...
The Toronto Blue Jays made three moves at baseball’s trade deadline focused on the pitching staff. Toronto general manager Ross Atkins acquired starting pitcher Francisco Liriano and two prospects from...
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