Diamondbacks To
Sign Eric Chavez
3:45pm:*Chavez will earn $250K for 60, 90, 120 and 150 games played,
tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.
THURSDAY, 1:24pm:*Chavez will receive a $3.5MM base salary plus a**ther $1MM worth of roster bonuses, according to Heyman (
on Twitter).
WEDNESDAY:*The
Diamondbacks have agreed to terms with third baseman
Eric Chavez, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports (
on Twitter).
Chavez batted .281/.341/.488 with 25 homers in 567 plate appearances over the past two seasons between the
Diamondbacks and Yankees. Once considered a defensive wizard at the hot corner, Chavez's glove-work has declined in recent years after a slew of back, shoulder and neck injuries have taken their toll on the veteran's body.
The 36-year-old veteran figures to serve as a left-handed bat off the bench and can back up regular third baseman
Martin Prado from time to time.
Chavez also has experience at first base, so he could see some time there should
Paul Goldschmidt be injured or require a day off (though
Mark Trumbo could back up that position as well).
Chavez was also connected to the Yankees and Braves this offseason. In the end, Heyman reports (
via Twitter) that he preferred to stay close to his Phoenix home.
