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Yankees Sign Eric Chavez

By Dan Mennella | February 27, 2012 at 2:23pm CDT

Eric Chavez is returning to the Yankees for 2012, officially signing a one-year, $900K deal with incentives.  Chavez, 35, will reprise his role as a backup corner infielder and DH for the Yanks. The left-handed hitter posted a .263/.320/.356 line with two homers in 175 plate appearances in the Bronx in 2011, his first season in New York after spending 13 in Oakland.

Though he was once one of the better all-around third basemen in baseball, Chavez has played in no more than 90 games over the past five seasons, so he is strictly a role player at this juncture of his career.

In a corresponding move, the Yankees transferred reliever David Aardsma to the 60-day DL.  Chris Dickerson was outrighted recently, so the team's 40-man roster count now stands at 39.

Jon Heyman of CBS Sports first tweeted the agreement on Tuesday, with Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports adding financial details.

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  1. jljr222

    13 years ago

    I like Chavez.  I hope he can stay healthy this season but won’t hold my breath.  Welcome back :).

    Reply
  2. hardcoreforhardcore

    13 years ago

    Great signing at a good price.

    Reply
  3. Dylan Zane

    13 years ago

    They spent 2 million between chavez and Ibanez, can they spend another 2 on damon so they don’t have to hand Raul the LH DH spot? or just to have more depth in the outfield

    Reply
    • ultimate913

      13 years ago

       Dickerson and Bill Hall will be there in ST. They can compete for that last spot.

      Reply
    • Rich

      13 years ago

      Damon wants 5 though, at least that’s what I heard. 

      Reply
    • slider32

      13 years ago

      The Yanks already have Branyon as a back up to Raul, plus Ibanez will only be sharing the DH spot. The Yanks couldn’t give Damon enough at bats to keep him happy, plus he want more money than both Ibanez and Chavez are getting combined.

      Reply
  4. inleylandwetrust

    13 years ago

    What?!??! I did not see this coming! Out of nowhere!

    Reply
  5. redsx968

    13 years ago

    Good signing. Can you throw Joe Girardi a bone and mention that he broke the signing?

    Reply
  6. RepOak

    13 years ago

    Good for him, great dude…

    Reply
  7. NJMAXsports

    13 years ago

    No surprise here, I like both this and the Ibanez deals. Want to see if Damon will swallow his pride and over valued opinion and be willing to sign somewhere for the $1.5 million he is worth.

    Reply
  8. InvalidUserID 2

    13 years ago

    Chavez was pretty decent for the Yankees last year before he got hurt. If (big if) he can stay healthy, he’s a solid 3B that can spell A-Rod and not embarrass himself. I’ve got to give the guy credit: he easily could have just called it a career with all his injuries and walk away. The guy has battled through so many injuries and doesn’t cause any clubhouse grief. 

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    • Matt Busche

      13 years ago

      Yep. He’s made $76M in his career (according to baseball-reference), so it’d be pretty easy to hang it up. Hopefully he can stay healthy enough to play in 60 or so games.

      Reply
  9. James Keleman

    13 years ago

    I don’t see Russell Branyon beating him out now…

    Reply
    • slider32

      13 years ago

      Branyon is a backup for Ibanez.

      Reply
  10. ARod's Ring

    13 years ago

    Yes! the team is set!

    Reply
  11. ellisburks

    13 years ago

    He hasn’t been decent since 2005 or healthy since 2006 but it won’t cost much and he is probably still half way decent in the field. If he gets more than 200AB for the Yankees though things have gone horribly wrong.

    Reply
    • aricollins

      13 years ago

      He hasn’t stayed healthy for 200 ABs since 2007. So not an issue!

      Reply
  12. Tom_King

    13 years ago

    Cavez is 34

    Reply
    • jljr222

      13 years ago

       Doesn’t it seem like he should be older?  Wow…

      Reply
      • NYPOTENCE

        13 years ago

        Yeah, Andruw Jones too

        Reply
  13. yahoo-UESH5GNQNMNQL2F5YZH5WX6KEE

    13 years ago

    An interesting wrinkle is that Cash now has an extra $11 million at his disposal if he so chooses…

    Reply
  14. yahoo-UESH5GNQNMNQL2F5YZH5WX6KEE

    13 years ago

    Well, $3 million this year anyways.

    Reply
  15. dook83

    13 years ago

    I think the baseball gods owe Chavez a relatively injury-free season, especially since it is likely the last of his career…and hopefully he will win a world championship.

    Reply
  16. Chillin_in_California

    13 years ago

    Its a shame that this guy hasnt played a healthy season since he was 27 years old. By this time he had won 6 gold gloves and was a 30 hr guy year in year out. The whole entire prime of his career was robbed by injury. Wish him the best.

    Reply
  17. slider32

    13 years ago

    Complete homerun for Cashman this off season, the last 2 years he has pushed all the right buttons. Chavez is a good veteran infielder with a decent bat.

    Reply
  18. slider32

    13 years ago

    The Yanks look to be set now for the season, Chavez is a good veteran back up infielder who is decent with the bat.

    Reply
  19. kaunblauk

    13 years ago

    Almost all the Yanks are veterans…where is the youth??!

    Reply
    • wtk

      13 years ago

      Brett Gardner, Robinson Cano, Russell Martin, and Curtis Granderson are all thirty or younger. Eduardo Nunez will be a major role-player. 

      In the rotation, Michael Pineda, Ivan Nova, and Phil Hughes are all twenty-five or younger. David Robertson, Boone Logan, and Joba Chamberlain aren’t much older.

      The idea that the Yankees are an “old” team is largely tied into the fact that they have a lot of money tied up in a few veterans. But CC Sabathia…Mark Teixiera…Nick Swisher…those guys are still just thirty-one. It seems like those guys are much older since they came up so young.
      -wtk

      Reply
  20. Andrew Steven

    13 years ago

    Not a Yankees fan, but i think they’re gonna do good this year! Hope Pineda is a monster! As with Montero. That deal needs to work for both teams as well!

    Reply

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