{"id":2284,"date":"2011-10-21T12:48:14","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T20:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2011-11-14T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T20:50:14","slug":"toronto-blue-jays-set-to-undergo-drastic-modifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/toronto-blue-jays-set-to-undergo-drastic-modifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays Set To Undergo Drastic Modifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/toronto-blue-jays.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2285\" title=\"toronto blue jays\" src=\"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/toronto-blue-jays-300x98.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/toronto-blue-jays-300x98.gif 300w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/toronto-blue-jays-342x112.gif 342w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/toronto-blue-jays.gif 885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> Blue Jays claimed right-hander Jesse Chavez off outright waivers from <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Kansas City<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez spent <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">most of<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> 2011 pitching for Triple-A Omaha of the Pacific Coast League. He <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">placed<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> a 2-4 record with a 3.75 ERA and <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">sixteen<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> saves in <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">45<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> games. He has a career mark of 6-10 with a 5.36 ERA in 143 games.<\/p>\n<p>Chavez could <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">give<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> depth to an organization <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">that is<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> set to undergo drastic <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">modifications<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> in its relief corps, as Frank Francisco, Jon Rauch and Shawn Camp <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">may<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> all potentially <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">become free agents<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> this off season.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Toronto<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> also announced on <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Friday<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> that <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">left-hander<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> Rommie Lewis, infielder Chris Woodward and outfielder Dewayne Wise have <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">chosen<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> to become free agents.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis and Woodward spent <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">most of<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> the year with Triple-A Las Vegas, and Wise joined the club late <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">within the<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> season. All <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">3<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> are unlikely to be in Toronto&#8217;s plans at the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">big<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"> league level <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">in the future<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blue Jays claimed right-hander Jesse Chavez off outright waivers from Kansas City on Friday afternoon. Chavez spent most of 2011 pitching for Triple-A Omaha of the Pacific Coast League. 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