Braves purchase contracts of RHPs Jesse Chavez, Tanner Roark

Field Level Media
25 Jun 2021, 05:35 GMT+10

The Atlanta Braves purchased the contracts of a pair of veteran pitchers Thursday, adding right-handers Jesse Chavez and Tanner Roark from Triple-A Gwinnett.

Chavez, 37, was the opener for Atlanta against the host Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night.

He last pitched for the Braves in 2010, when he went 3-2 with a 5.89 ERA in 28 relief appearances.

After the Los Angeles Angels released Chavez in March, he signed a minor league deal with Atlanta in April and began the season with Gwinnett.

In 481 career games (79 starts) with the Pittsburgh Pirates (2009-10), Braves, Kansas City Royals (2011-12), Toronto Blue Jays (2012, 2016), Oakland Athletics (2012-15), Los Angeles Dodgers (2016), Angels (2017), Chicago Cubs (2018) and Texas Rangers (2018-20), Chavez is 41-58 with eight saves and a 4.52 ERA.

Roark, 34, appears headed for the bullpen. He has made 184 of his 227 career appearances as a starter, including 11 starts with the Blue Jays last season and one start in three outings in Toronto earlier this year.

After he signed a minor league deal with the Braves in May, following his release by the Blue Jays, Roark made all eight of his appearances at Gwinnett out of the bullpen and had a 3.06 ERA.

Roark is 76-68 with a 3.85 ERA over nine career major league seasons for the Washington Nationals (2013-18), Cincinnati Reds (2019), Oakland Athletics (2019) and Blue Jays (2020-21).

--Field Level Media

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