Eric Chavez signs minor league deal with the.....YANKEES...
by JPShark on Feb 4, 2011 5:43 PM PST
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I did not see this coming. I guess I just expected Chavez to end up with a west coast team, most likely the Dodgers. With ARod's injury issues lately, I think Chavez has a solid chance at seeing a decent amount of playing time if he can manage to stay healthy. Also, I could see him putting up some pretty respectable numbers playing in that bandbox. I hate to see him end up in pinstripes, just like several others, but I still wish him the best of luck.
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Why, Chavy?
I would have even overlooked it if he signed with the Red Sox. Yankees, though, is unforgivable
If Pennington manages 17 HRs, I’ll vow to consume an article of clothing to achieve a humorous effect --Joey C.
no, no, no...
I’m the opposite. Signing with the Bosux would have been unforgivable for me.
by sf drift king on Feb 5, 2011 4:27 PM PST up reply actions
Also didn't see this anywhere yet
Vlad signs with Baltimore. $8mm with deferred money.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6091427
Is it just me, or does it look like Baltimore could put up a pretty respectable season in 2011? Obviously they have next to no chance in that division, but I like the lineup their gonna be putting out and they have some nice young pitching with Guthrie, Matusz, Arrieta and Tillman. If Duke can turn in 20+ starts somehow that team doesn’t look half bad.
I don't know...
…Orioles are kind of like the Mets… they always find some way to screw it up.
"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."
~ Anais Nin
Baltimore would be a good team in 2008 if they had their current roster back then
but they don’t.
by rollierollieOxenfree on Feb 4, 2011 10:42 PM PST up reply actions
Take a look at their lineup
and the young pitching talent they have on that team. Like I said, they won’t go anywhere in that division, but if Matusz and one of Arrieta/Tillman can turn in solid seasons along with Guthrie, and possibly Duke, that team could win some ballgames. Odds are against it, and I know we all get used to Baltimore being a losing team, but something tells me they may open some eyes this season.
Wow
Chavy in pinstripes??
""Expelliarmus!" said Eckstein, attempting to knock the bat out of Matt Kemp's hands, just before Kemp laced a single to center." -Ken Tremendous
I dunno
Do the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees wear pinstripes? Better ask the new front page guy.
by oakballnack on Feb 4, 2011 9:57 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ya, totally gross!
Do Not Like!
"You're early, but hang around; we'll have a fight for you sooner or later."
-John "Blue Moon" Odom
Speculated that he also had interest fromt he Blue Jays, Dodgers and Indians.
All flash no substance hair twirler.
After that last report of the workout going well with the Dodgers...
I thought it would be L.A. for sure. Oops.
At one point in my life I liked Dave Kingman more than Rickey Henderson. I was stupid.
Im surprised he didnt go to Cleveland when I heard he was in the mix
They offered him it seems the best opportunity to get a lot of playing time.
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Maybe...
“a lot of playing time” isn’t in the cards? Is Chavy a DH?
by Colorado Fan on Feb 5, 2011 11:40 AM PST up reply actions
Have you ever been to Cleveland?
You don't need a religion, you have the A's. - My girlfriend
by designatedforassignment on Feb 6, 2011 12:57 PM PST up reply actions
Is Eric gonna be on Letterman?
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot"
meaning they inquired, but not that he had offers
since he signed a minor league deal with the Yanks it’s hard to get a lesser offer…
NL would've been a better fit...
for Chavez at this stage of his career. He could’ve been a pitch hitter, part-time 1B and DH during interleague play, kinda Giambi’s role in Colorado. Not sure where he fits with the NYY. 3B has got to be a stretch for him after all the tape and glue. However, I wish him luck.
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Feb 4, 2011 6:33 PM PST reply actions
ya I just saw this also. I didn’t see it coming. I am curious whats going to happen with him. Since they have A-Rod and all. I hope he makes the 25 man roster. I am always rooting for him (until he plays against the A’s)
here is another link on it
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/02/yankees-sign-eric-chavez-to-minor-league-deal.html
NOOOOOOOoOoOoOoOooo......
Yeah I keep the stickers on my A's hat and don't bend the bill. So what, big whoop, wanna fight about it?
Slusser on Chavez' minor league deal...
Chavez said he was shocked by how many teams called this winter. “I was very grateful for that,” he said. “That gave me even more motivation.”
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/athletics/detail?entry_id=82472#ixzz1D34zc8u3
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Feb 4, 2011 6:44 PM PST reply actions
Good for him
seriously.
PS: I hope they give him #3
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot"
I'm sure The Babe won't mind
And even if he does mind, what’s he gonna do about it?
by Glorious Mundy on Feb 4, 2011 6:51 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure, let's ask Babe Ruth
It's because he derived his torque from the buttocks -- cityplANner
by WaddellCanseco on Feb 4, 2011 7:16 PM PST up reply actions
Crap. First Baker, not Chavez....is Kouzmanoff next?
It's because he derived his torque from the buttocks -- cityplANner
*now Chavez
It's because he derived his torque from the buttocks -- cityplANner
by WaddellCanseco on Feb 4, 2011 7:17 PM PST up reply actions
I sure did!
We turned him into Terrence Long!
It's because he derived his torque from the buttocks -- cityplANner
by WaddellCanseco on Feb 4, 2011 7:30 PM PST up reply actions
why?
he is a professional baseball player. The yankees offered him a job.
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot"
The fiends!
It's because he derived his torque from the buttocks -- cityplANner
by WaddellCanseco on Feb 4, 2011 8:08 PM PST up reply actions
I will miss Chavy
He’s my favorite all time player and it’s disappointing to see him go to the Yanks, but I hope he gets his career back on track. Funny how my favorite player (Chavy) will go to play on the same team as one of my former favorite players A-Rod (when he was with the Mariners and Rangers, even though I rooted against those teams), and both also made number 3 my favorite number.
I hope you do great and are healthy Chavvy
And then midseason get traded to the Jays and lead Toronto to the playoffs.
"Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton
not to be that guy, but
no names on the home uniforms
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot"
by Future Ed on Feb 4, 2011 8:37 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Not to be that other guy, but
- is not available.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
If (according to a t-shirt I once read),
A-Rod sucks and Jeter swallows, then what does does Chavez do???
he does what he always does
not be Mexican enough
If Pennington manages 17 HRs, I’ll vow to consume an article of clothing to achieve a humorous effect --Joey C.
lol
the stress is on VEZ, damnit – it’s “cha-VEZ”, not “CHA-vez”, like that Mexican guy all the streets are named after….jeez.
I wish Chavy the best
The fact that Chavy signed w/ NYY probably means he really didn’t have a lot of major league interest from other teams. My guess is, no other team wanted to take a chance on his injury history. From the Yankees perspective, Rodriguez does not have such a lengthy injury history that the Yankees feel they need to sign an insurance policy at 3rd base. The Yankees have so much money, they could afford to sign Chavy to a minor league contract in the hopes that he can bounce back from his injuries and be a useful bench player. Or maybe they talked to Chavy and he agreed to start the season in minor league ball to prove that he’s healthy enough to play in the bigs. Whichever it is, I don’t begrudge Chavy signing w/ the evil empire. He’s obviously not ready to call it a career, and he took a chance with-from a player’s perspective- a great organization. I wish him the best, and if he makes the team, I’ll applaud him in his first at bat at the Coli. Then I hope he strikes out.
Seems from speculation
and from his own mouth that he had many suitors, or at least phone calls from various teams. Maybe he wanted to play for a contender and, with A-Rod’s injuries lately, a team that he could get playing time. Eric is still one of my favorite players, but the Yankees! Oh well.
Saying he had choices
May thats just be PR, or maybe we’ll never know. But I can’t believe there was much of a market for him. There are more teams with a need for hitters and\or infielders that if he had an offer from them and really just wanted to make it back to the majors that he wouldn’t have signed with another team.
This was meant as a reply to asyouwish in the above comment.
I still haven’t learned how to edit my own posts.
You may be right
but not necessarily a good PR move for A’s fans, i.e. he makes us believe he could be on the Dodgers, but decided not to go to the Evil Empire. To be honest, I don’t really care. I wish Chavy the best, but I hate the Yankees and will find anyway to voice it.
Good for him
He wants to play again, the Yankees are willing to give him a chance, and he always seemed like a good guy, so good for him!
"You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."
-Charles Manson
I didn't see this one coming, either.
"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."
~ Anais Nin
D: D: Nooooooooo, not Chavy!
I’m judging this decision SO HARD right now.
"This must be heaven," he says.
"No. It's Oakland."
It's a minor league deal
I doubt he, Bart Colon, and Fred Garcia are prime time Letterman guests just yet!
Who cares about the Yankees?
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
Meh
He was my favorite Athletic even through last year knowing he probably will never become what he once was but it didn’t really matter that much where he signed once he wasn’t going back to Oakland. The Yankees are as evil as the Red Sox. Hope he is able to return to health and get some playing time regardless of where he ends up. Maybe playing with a contender mattered as much as anything for him and they were the best team to make an offer.
Gas to Chicago- $23.87 A's/White Sox Tix- $28 Watching the A's whipping the Sox in July 05'- Priceless
ding ding ding... he went to the team with the best chance of winning
He knows he can’t be a starter, and maybe not even a MLB level player, so he wants to fight to be a bench player for a playoff team. If you can’t accomplish anything personally why wouldn’t you want to jump on a wagon headed for October. Good luck Chavy, I can still root for the Yankees to beat true evil (Boston/SF).
Yankees will be lucky to make playoffs
Book it. Unless there is a major trade to help their pitching
by Trainman on Feb 5, 2011 10:25 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I'll admit that expecting the Yanks to be a playoff team is very presumptuous
But I still think he chose them because they’re the best team he had a competitive offer from, plus we all know they’re gonna do whatever they can to trade for pitching.
oh how times change
wasn’t it back in 2009 or so when A-rod had hip surgery that Cashman wanted to swing a deal with the A’s for Chavez? We could have unloaded the medical melodrama for someone other than a $11m/year necklace back then. Alas, Horatio, alas…
by rollierollieOxenfree on Feb 4, 2011 10:48 PM PST reply actions
This just proves the fact
That every baseball has-been will find a job as long as he’s not demanding a lot in salary and is willing to hit the gym in the offseason.
"Rollins helps them with the small ball when he's not in the lineup." - Joe Morgan
Good luck, Chavy
Seeing him in pinstripes will be odd, but not nearly as heart breaking as seeing Swish sitting next to him.
MexicAN AmericAN VegAN
As Pawtuckett Sox fan, I endorse this move as well
I am only pretty on the outside
dannycakes can also be called "hipsterbot"
Eric, bookmark this
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by monkeyball on Feb 5, 2011 7:23 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
He won't even make the team -
He’s done – finished – just hasn’t come to grips with it, yet.
If, by some miracle, he does play, I can’t wait for the first time he tells the New York media how much better the Red Sox are and how the Yankees are just lucky to be in the same division with them … “frankly,” he’ll say, “I’m surprised we’ve managed to keep up with them for this long … they’re just so good, they’re just so awesome, and my team can’t keep up. But thanks for asking … now I’ll go take my 1-4 and hit a home run in the 9th inning when we’re down by 7.”
I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.
by Vacafan on Feb 5, 2011 7:31 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Who had 7:31 AM PST in the office pool?
"We've come a long way, and I'm not talking about Virginia Slims, either." - Art Howe
I hate the Yankees, but I don't care one bit that he signed on with them
However unlikely it is, I hope he belts 30 bombs next year. Especially if that means I’ll have to spend less time looking at A-Rod’s smug face.
I love green because money be green.
Awww, I haz a sad.
Still love Chavvy, though.
Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; / Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things:— / We murder to dissect.
Guarantee THIS is the year Chavez finally figures out how to be healthy
It would just be so typical.
WHAT!??!?!?!?!?!?!
Good luck Chavez!
I hate the Yankees but I love Chavez. I can forgive him, as well as the other A’s players who have gone to the Yankees. Its time to let anything to do with Chavez go.
this hurts
There is a Chavez jersey hanging on my side of the closet, and one on my wife’s side as well. He was hands down our favorite player on the team. This is giving me flashbacks to the time where I was watching the news on Univision for Spanish class back in high school and they showed Mike Gallego putting on a Yankees hat. I wish him well, but I never like seeing my favorite players sign with the Yankees.
"To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities." - Grand Master Bruce Lee
I was afraid the Slegnas would sign him
Given his SoCal roots. But thankfully they’re not that bright.
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