Angels re-sign veteran Jesse Chavez to minor league deal

By: The Associated Press Posted: 1:36 PM CST Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 Last Modified: 2:02 PM CST Friday, Feb. 26, 2021

TEMPE, Ariz. - Veteran right-hander Jesse Chavez is re-signing with the Los Angeles Angels on a minor league deal.

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TEMPE, Ariz. - Veteran right-hander Jesse Chavez is re-signing with the Los Angeles Angels on a minor league deal.

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TEMPE, Ariz. – Veteran right-hander Jesse Chavez is re-signing with the Los Angeles Angels on a minor league deal.

Chavez will join the Angels’ spring training camp in Tempe, Arizona, after he clears their intake protocols, the team confirmed Friday.

Chavez appeared in 38 games for the Angels in 2017, including 21 starts. He left for Texas as a free agent after one season, and he excelled after being traded in July 2018 to the Chicago Cubs, where he was managed by current Angels skipper Joe Maddon.

FILE - Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jesse Chavez winds up during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland, in this Tuesday, July 25, 2017, file photo. Veteran right-hander Jesse Chavez has re-signed with the Los Angeles Angels on a minor league deal. Chavez will join the Angels’ spring training camp in Tempe, Arizona, after he clears their intake protocols. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)

Chavez spent the past two seasons back with the Rangers, struggling last season with a 6.88 ERA in 18 appearances.

With experience as a starter, a long reliever and a late-inning reliever, Chavez could provide experience and versatility for the Angels, whose long-struggling pitching staff can use all the depth it can get.

Chavez is a native of the Los Angeles area, graduating from high school in Fontana before pitching in junior college in Riverside. He has also pitched for Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Kansas City, Toronto, Oakland and the Dodgers.