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Jesse David Chavez (born August 21, 1983 in Victorville, California) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. He bats and throws right-handed.

A graduate of Fontana A.B. Miller High School in Fontana, California, Chavez was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft out of Riverside Community College. In 2006, Chavez was promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma where he pitched one game before being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kip Wells. He was assigned to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians where he pitched the rest of the season and all of 2007.

Chavez appeared in 51 games for the Indians in 2007 (with a 3.80 ERA) and was promoted to the majors on August 27, making his debut the same day.

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