The Oakland A's have traded veteran pitcher Edwin Jackson to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Jackson, 35, is expected to join the injury plagued starting rotation. When he makes his first pitch he will have set a MLB record by pitching with his 14th big league team. He and former big league pitcher Octavio Dotel are currently tied at 13 teams.
Jackson made his MLB debut in 2003 at the tender age of 19 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Prior to the 2006 season, Jackson was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. While with the Rays, Jackson threw a no-hitter and was a part of the 2008 AL pennant winning team.
Prior to the 2009 season, the Rays traded Jackson to the Detroit Tigers for outfielder Matt Joyce. In his lone season with the Tigers, Jackson made his only All-Star appearance.
Prior to the 2010 season, Jackson was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three team, seven player trade which sent Max Scherzer to the Detroit Tigers and Curtis Granderson to the New York Yankees. His tenure with the D'Backs was short as he was dealt to the Chicago White Sox that July in a trade which sent pitcher Daniel Hudson to Arizona.
A year later, Jackson was actually sent to the Blue Jays for a few minutes. But the Jays promptly turned around and sent him along with the equally well-travelled Octavio Dotel and Mark Rzepczynski to the St. Louis Cardinals. Jackson was part of the Cardinals' 2011 World Series championship team.
Jackson then signed with the Washington Nationals as a free agent prior to the 2012 season. After one season in D.C., Jackson was on the free agent market again and this time signed with the Chicago Cubs. Unfortunately, Jackson led the NL in losses during the 2013 season with 18. He would lose another 15 games for the Cubs in 2014. Somehow Jackson stuck around at Wrigley until the middle of the 2015 season when the Cubs released him. Jackson spent the remainder of the 2015 season with the Atlanta Braves. The 2016 season was split between the Miami Marlins and the San Diego Padres while the 2017 season was split between the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals (his second stint with the club). Jackson began 2018 with the Nats' Triple-AAA affiliate in Syracuse before being released that June. Days later he signed with the A's. He began the 2019 season pitching in the A's minor league system before today's deal.
In 16 big league seasons, Jackson has gone 104-123 with a 4.60 ERA.
How long will Jackson be in Toronto? Let's just say there's a good chance he'll join his 15th team. Should that happen he will have pitched for half of MLB's 30 clubs.
Six degrees of Kevin Bacon could very well be replaced by six degrees of Edwin Jackson.
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