{"id":82724,"date":"2025-07-25T08:10:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82724"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:10:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:10:46","slug":"mlb-news-veteran-pitcher-announces-sudden-retirement-after-18-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=82724","title":{"rendered":"MLB News: Veteran Pitcher Announces Sudden Retirement After 18 Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran right-handed pitcher Jesse Chavez has announced his retirement from Major League Baseball after 18 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>He made the announcement Thursday on Foul Territory.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAll honestly, I haven\u2019t picked up a baseball sine my last pitch in St. Louis,\u201d Chavez said. \u201cAs of now, I don\u2019t think we\u2019re gonna keep going. I think this is it. Time to turn the page, focus on the next chapter in life and go help all the young kids, all the stuff that I did so they don\u2019t have to take two steps backwards and can take those three steps forward.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=noahcamras&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1948445135823339699&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fdodgersnation.com%2Fmlb-news-veteran-pitcher-announces-sudden-retirement-after-18-seasons%2F2025%2F07%2F24%2F&amp;sessionId=f9e5c39952c59652c1551cfd5d922a9370896de9&amp;siteScreenName=dodgersnation&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1948445135823339699\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Chavez was drafted by the Rangers in the 42nd round of the 2002 MLB Draft. 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