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Tuesday, August 02, 2022
But one MLB player has been swapped in more deals than any other.
He’s played in less than 15 seasons and been traded nine times—including once this year. He’s won a World Series, he’s played in every division and he’s probably played for your favorite team.
He is 38-year-old bespectacled Braves reliever Jesse Chavez.
Yes, Chavez has been dealt three more times than famous journeymen like Edwin Jackson or Octavio Dotel. Former pitcher Dick Littlefield would’ve been tied with Chavez at nine (look at his ridiculous transactions page), but his 1956 trade to the Giants for Jackie Robinson was voided: Robinson chose to retire rather than play for the Dodgers’ rivals.
So because it is trade season, and these next 24-48 hours should be awash with last-second swaps and steals, let’s run through the career of the most moveable man in baseball history.
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1. Rally Posted: August 02, 2022 at 09:58 AM (#6089399)After that he spent the next five years getting released and signing as a free agent. And even in the quoted text, there's at least one transaction missing. Somehow he went from KC to Little Rock (unless the team moved).
EDIT: Another weird factoid: In 2001, he was drafted out of HS by the Cubs in the 39th round, didn't sign, went JUCO. We see that all the time. But he actually fell to Texas in the 42nd round the next year and did sign. I mean, how do you fall from the 39th to 42nd round ... and still make the majors and have a 15 year career?
Edit- Ack! Just a hair late! Coke to Cris.
They were already counting the purchase as a trade ("traded for cash") in TFA.
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