Transaction Analysis: Cubs Choose Chavez Over Unimaginable Alternative Patrick Dubuque, Kevin Johnson, and Jeffrey Paternostro July 25, 2018 Share: > Image credit: USA Today Sports Subscribe to Baseball ProspectusChicago adds veteran, do-everything right-hander Jesse Chavez for the stretch run and New York gives Jeff McNeil his first chance. Full access to this article is for Premium Baseball Prospectus subscribers. Sign up today to get access to insightful analysis for the discerning baseball fan. Super-Premium - $66.99 / yearPremium - $45.95 / yearPremium Monthly - $6.99 / month Subscribe to Baseball Prospectus In This Article 0 Chicago CubsJeff McNeilJesse ChavezNew York MetsTexas RangersTransaction AnalysisTyler Thomas Related Articles The Week in Pain $ by Craig Goldstein and Patrick Dubuque 3/11 0 2025 Season Preview: Texas Rangers $ by Ginny Searle 3/05 1 TA: Finnegan and the Nationals Begin Again $ by Ginny Searle, Craig Goldstein, and Patrick Dubuque 2/27 6 TA: You Apparently Can Have Enough Starting Pitching $ by Patrick Dubuque 2/24 3 Transaction Analysis: Jakob Has that Junis Sais Quoi $ by Patrick Dubuque and Ginny Searle 2/18 4 Latest Articles What They’re Saying: Lucas Giolito and Quinn Priester Edition $ by Howard Megdal 3/12 0 A Good Career Spoiled $ by Patrick Dubuque 3/12 0 The Force Behind Baseball’s Rising Tide $ by Russell A. Carleton 3/12 0 Season Preview: Kansas City Royals $ by Matthew Trueblood 3/12 5 Stu Sternberg Is Running Out of Time B by Marc Normandin 3/12 0 more chevron_rightchevron_right Jeffrey Paternostro Kevin Johnson @KevinJohnsonBP Patrick Dubuque More about: Chicago CubsJeff McNeilJesse ChavezNew York MetsTexas RangersTransaction AnalysisTyler Thomas Latest Articles What They’re Saying: Lucas Giolito and Quinn Priester Edition $ by Howard Megdal 3/12 0 A Good Career Spoiled $ by Patrick Dubuque 3/12 0 The Force Behind Baseball’s Rising Tide $ by Russell A. Carleton 3/12 0 Related Articles The Week in Pain $ by Craig Goldstein and Patrick Dubuque 3/11 0 2025 Season Preview: Texas Rangers $ by Ginny Searle 3/05 1 TA: Finnegan and the Nationals Begin Again $ by Ginny Searle, Craig Goldstein, and Patrick Dubuque 2/27 6 You need to be logged in to comment. Login or Subscribe