ARLINGTON, Texas — Veteran right-hander Jesse Chavez has agreed to a minor league contract that features an invite to spring coaching with the Texas Rangers, the staff that drafted the 41-year-old pitcher practically 23 years in the past.
The Rangers additionally on Monday signed right-hander David Buchanan, outfielder Cody Thomas and catcher Chad Wallach to minor league offers with invites to huge league spring coaching.
Chavez was 2-2 with a 3.13 ERA in 46 video games final season for Atlanta. He has a 51-65 document with a 4.25 ERA in 653 profession video games (85 begins) over 17 seasons with 9 totally different groups. He was a World Collection champion in 2021 with the Braves.
Texas took Chavez within the forty second spherical of the 2002 beginner draft, and traded him 4 years later to Pittsburgh, the place he made his huge league debut in 2008.
He was 6-6 with a 4.58 ERA in 96 video games (9 begins) for the Rangers from 2018-20. He signed with Texas as a free agent earlier than the 2018 season, was traded to the Chicago Cubs later that summer time after which re-signed with Texas in free company earlier than the 2019 season.
The 35-year-old Buchanan made one aid look for Cincinnati final season, his first MLB recreation since 36 begins for Philadelphia from 2014-15 till pitching three seasons in Japan and 4 in Korea.
Wallach hit seven residence runs in 65 video games for the Los Angeles Angels in 2023, and spent all of final season with their Triple-A staff. Thomas, a left-handed hitter who performed in 29 video games for Oakland in 2022 and 2023, hit .263 with two homers and 19 RBI in 79 video games in Japan final yr.