Chavez out for the year

The A's announced today that Eric Chavez will be having season ending shoulder surgery after the shoulder did not respond to the rehab that he was doing. This is really a tough break for the A's, because although it doesn't affect their chances of making it to the playoffs it doesn't allow the team to get any kind of continuity entering next season. It would have been nice to see the A's at full strength to see what they could do with the month and a half left in the season. Seems like every year the A's have to use the disabled list more than any other team in the league. A's fans, at least I know I've become used to the notion that sooner or later some of our better players will be on the DL at least once a season. Hell, I'd take that, unfortunately they're usually on there more than once a year.

I feel for Chavez, because I genuinely feel that he's done everything in his power to get healthy and unfortunately his body doesn't want to respond. It's sad to see a player who could have been a really great player never live up to the expectations set for him due to all the injuries he's had. I hope he's able to come back next year and play in at least 130 games, that would be really encouraging especially with the fact that he's signed through 2011. Many will criticize Beane for signing the wrong player, but how was he supposed to know that Chavez would not be able to stay healthy. Obviously Tejada would have been the better choice, but hindsight is 20/20 and the one thing that Beane cannot do is see the future.