I learned of the news today in my fourth-period class.
And when I saw it, I scratched my head a bit.
"So, the Braves just traded what likely would've been the second-hottest closer commodity for...Jesse Chavez?"
I'm sure many of you shared the same sentiment.
So, I did what comes natural.
I Googled Jesse Chavez.
This is what I saw: 26 years old, only one sub-three ERA year in the minors (2.22 iná11 appearances a couple of years back), and lots of home runs.
"What's this crap?!?!"
I was a bit perplexed, so I sat back and thought.
"Eliteùfor ehh...experienceùfor not so much...expensive...EXPENSIVE...THAT'S IT!"
It was then that I began to put all of the pieces together that had fallen down in the past ...
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