New York Mets agree to one-year contract
12.26.05 (3:43 pm) [edit]
Outfielder Endy Chavez and the New York Mets agreed Friday to a $500,000 US, one-year contract.
The 27-year-old hit .216 last season for Washington and Philadelphia with no homers and 11 RBIs in 116 at-bats. He was a Mets' minor leaguer before Kansas City selected him in the December 2000 winter-meeting draft of unprotected players.
"Chavez is an athletic player with excellent defensive skills in all three outfield positions," Mets general manager Omar Minaya said. "He gives us another outfield option as we approach spring training."