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| Height: 6-1
Weight: 206
Throws: R
Bats: L Born: Dec 7, 1977, Los Angeles, CA Contract: Signed through 2010 with a club option for 2011. |
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| May 16, 2008 Eric Chavez went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in his first rehab game Thursday with Triple-A Sacramento. Chavez is working his way back from back problems. |
| May 12, 2008 Eric Chavez is set to begin his rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday, according to the SF Chronicle. He'll spend the next three days training in Arizona before joining the Triple-A River Cats when they start a homestand against Salt Lake. |
| May 10, 2008 Eric Chavez ran the bases and fielded grounders on Friday, according to the SF Chronicle. It was a good day for him, and Manager Bob Geren said Chavez could begin a minor-league rehab assignment "in the one or two-week range." He's eligible to come off the DL and join the team on May 27, and Geren said, "It's his goal right now." But Chavez is not sure he will be ready by that date, and said, "If I was a betting man, I'd say no. Before you start throwing out dates, you have to go out and play." |
| May 4, 2008 Eric Chavez doesn't expect to be activated when he becomes available on May 27. He is on the 60-day DL due to back problems. Chavez is able to swing without pain, but he can't handle third base duties, MLB.com reports. The club is not prepared to bring him back as a DH. |
| May 2, 2008 Eric Chavez fielded grounders Thursday for the second straight day and felt even better this time than he did after the first workout, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Coming back from a back ailment, Chavez is still a ways away from starting a rehab assignment. |
| April 30, 2008 The A's received some good news on Wednesday when Eric Chavez was able to take grounders and report that he felt no pain in his injured back, according to MLB.com. "It went fine," Chavez said. "They hit everything right at me, and there was no pain, so it went well." The team hopes that Chavez will be able to return on May 28th, though there certainly are more hurdles to overcome. "Hitting and throwing, [my back] feels as good as it could, health-wise," he said. "It's going to take a while with ground balls, though. It'd be great if [opponents] could just hit the ball right at me." |
| April 30, 2008 Eric Chavez is eligible to come off the 60-day DL on May 27, and Manager Bob Geren has May 28 marked as a possible date for Chavez to return to the A's lineup, according to the SF Chronicle. |
| April 26, 2008 Eric Chavez took batting practice with his team-mates on Friday for the first time since the afternoon of their home opener, according to the SF Chronicle. The third baseman also ran and he is able to throw, but he is yet to field grounders, the activity that gave him problems during the spring and led him to endure two epidurals for his surgically repaired back. |
| April 24, 2008 Eric Chavez was moved to the 60-day DL to make room on the roster for newly acquired Frank Thomas, according to the AP. |
| April 4, 2008 Eric Chavez could be sidelined another month after undergoing his second epidural in less than five weeks, according to the AP. He will need a minimum of 2-3 weeks of rehab at the teams spring training facility before resuming baseball activities. At least (that long), Oakland trainer Steve Sayles said. Hes returning to Phoenix and will go back into rehab. Were just going to take it from there. Sayles said the second epidural was for spasms in the lower left side of Chavezs back, while the first was for spasms on the right side. Jack Hannahan will continue to fill in at third for the A's while Chavez is out. |
| April 2, 2008 Eric Chavez is going to visit a orthopedist (Dr. John Frazier) on Wednesday, according to MLB.com. Trainer Steve Sayles has stated, "He's going to physical therapy. Still no baseball activity at all. Just back therapy." Sayles won't reveal a timetable for Chavez's return, but it's likely that he will miss at least the first month of the season. |
| March 22, 2008 Oakland 3B Eric Chavez has been halted and removed from all team activities pending improvement to his aching back, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Trainer Steve Sayles says Chavez has continued to have stiffness in his surgically repaired back, especially when fielding groundballs, so he will stop his rehab program and rest until pain-free. Assistant general manager David Forst said there has been no decision made on whether to place Chavez on the disabled list for Opening Night, but Sayles said that would be his recommendation. Chavez would be eligible to play on April 3, but that appears highly unlikely, considering that according to Sayles, Chavez's rehab will have to start "completely over" when he is pain-free again. Sayles would not put a time frame on the process. |
| March 16, 2008 Not surprisingly, the A's will not bring Eric Chavez along when they travel to Japan, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Instead, he will continue to rehab his ailing back in Arizona with the hope he will be available for their home opener on April 1. Chavez has been taking batting practice and was able to run the bases on Saturday, but there's little sense in sticking him on a plane for 12 hours twice. |
| March 11, 2008 3B Eric Chavez says he is ready to be the team's designated hitter and wants to jump into the roll once team doctors clear him to play, according to MLB.com. The hope, according to Chavez, is to be ready in time for the team's trip to Japan for the regular-season opener against Boston. However, if Chavez is not cleared to play, he won't be making the trip and will wait until the team returns stateside to make his '08 debut. With the injury history Chavez has built over recent seasons, the move to DH could be beneficial. Getting his bat in the lineup (not to mention the fantasy rotation) with regularity would be nice. |
| March 10, 2008 Eric Chavez was cleared to resume running on Monday, this according to MLB.com. On the down side he is still about a week away from taking any groundballs. Chavez is highly doubtful to start the season on time, but if the team moves Jack Cust to the OF Chavez might be able to find his way into the lineup even if his back issues preclude him from fielding. |
| March 10, 2008 Eric Chavez's opening day streak will likely end at nine, according to the SF Chronicle. Chavez still hasn't fielded any grounders, and won't until his agility improves. Back surgery takes a long time to heal and team trainer Steve Sayles stated, "It would be more advantageous for him to stay here and get work done rather than to make the trip to Japan". He also added that Chavez would not be medically fit to serve as DH. Chavez will continue to drop down fantasy draft boards. |
| March 8, 2008 Eric Chavez was able to hit living pitching in a batting cage and played some catch Saturday for the second straight day, though he didn't do any fielding, according to MLB.com. "I just won't field any ground balls," Chavez said. "I don't know when I'll be doing that. It's impossible to say. It's days away." The A's believe working in the field led to the back spasms that in turn led to an epidural injection. At this point, the A's trainer is deciding daily what Chavez will be allowed to do, but he still hopes to be ready for opening day. |
| March 6, 2008 Eric Chavez, six days removed from an epidural, returned to limited action on Thursday including lifting weights, riding a bike and soft tossing, this according to MLB.com. Chavez will now work on a staggered schedule moving forward meaning he will not hit and field on the same day. The team is still hopeful he will be ready to go around opening day, but with this measured approach the fantasy value of the A's third basemen is likely at an all-time low. |
| March 3, 2008 Eric Chavez admitted on Monday that he may not be ready for the start of the season. On Friday, he received an epidural to help alleviate his back pain. Chavez underwent surgery in November to repair two damaged discs. "Right now I'm staying very positive with him because all his rehabs went so well this winter," manager Bob Geren tells MLB.com. "This was just a minor setback. He got the treatment to hopefully calm it down. I'll know more about that and where he is in a week or two." Jack Hannahan would start if Chavez were out. |
| February 29, 2008 Eric Chavez received an injection Friday to ease inflammation in his lower back, according to the AP. "He was doing very well but the activity caught up with him," As head trainer Steve Sayles said. "Its been gradually coming on and it got to the point we felt we needed to address it." Chavez, who is recovering from surgery on his back, is expected to miss about five days of action. He's also recovering from surgeries on both shoulders, so his health is something to watch very closely this spring. |
| February 20, 2008 Eric Chavez underwent three surgeries between Sept. 5 and Nov. 16, which repaired a torn labrum in both shoulders and a bulging disc in his lower back. "Some of the issues with my forearms I hope are completely gone," he said, according to the Contra Costa Times. "Some of the issues I had with my neck hopefully are gone. But there's still scar tissue I have to deal with and soreness. I'm sure you ask anybody who's had surgery they'll say you're never really 100 percent anymore. I feel pretty good though." The A's plan to bring him along slowly this spring, but Chavez still intends to be ready for opening day. |