On Jan. 14, 2006, the Los Angeles Dodgers traded right-handed pitcher Edwin Jackson and southpaw Chuck Tiffany to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for right-handed relievers Danys Baez and Lance Carter, and cash considerations or a player to be named later.<\/p>\n
At the time, Jackson was a 22-year-old who was the Dodgers\u2019 best prospect but the organization gave up on him after he struggled at the Major League Level.<\/p>\n
Jackson made his MLB debut in 2003 as a 19-year-old and pitched 22 innings with mixed results. He posted a 2.45 ERA but he was only striking out 7.77 hitters per nine while walking 4.50 per nine.<\/p>\n
The following two seasons, Jackson pitched less than 30 innings each year and posted ERAs of 7.30 and 6.28 while his strikeout numbers regressed and his walk numbers remained similar.<\/p>\n
He finished his Dodgers career with a 5.50 ERA in 75.1 innings with 39 walks to only 48 strikeouts.<\/p>\n
When the Dodgers made the trade, it was mostly centered around Baez, who was a closer who was coming off a 41 save season with a 2.86 ERA.<\/p>\n
The other two players involved, Tiffany and Carter, were mostly throw-ins.<\/p>\n
Tiffany was a minor league pitcher who pitched two seasons in the Tampa Bay organization but never made it above Double-A. Carter was a middle reliever who had limited success in his previous four seasons for the Devil Rays. <\/p>\n
Carter only pitched 11.2 innings for L.A. and allowed 11 runs on 17 hits.<\/p>\n
Baez pitched 49.2 innings for the Dodgers in 2006 and saved nine games but was removed from the role early after blowing four save attempts.<\/p>\n
Six months after acquiring him, the Dodgers traded Baez, along with Willy Aybar, to the Atlanta Braves for Wilson Betemit. He ended his Dodgers career with a 4.35 ERA.<\/p>\n
With the Devil Rays, Jackson\u2019s struggles continued but in 2007 he took over as a full-time starting pitcher after only making 15 starts his previous four seasons.<\/p>\n
From there, he spent the next seven seasons as an innings-eating starter who bounced around to many different teams and continued<\/a> to pitch through the 2019 season.<\/p>\n Over his 17-year career, Jackson pitched for 14 different teams and threw 1,960 innings with a 4.78 ERA, 4.48 FIP, 6.92 strikeouts per nine, 3.58 walks per nine and 17.6 WAR.<\/p>\n Jackson set MLB record<\/p>\n In the final season of his career, Jackson was acquired by the Toronto Blue Jays, which was the 14th organization he played for.<\/p>\n This set an MLB record for most teams pitched for in a career, breaking the mark set by another for Dodgers pitcher, Octavio Dotel.<\/p>\n