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          New York Yankees

          Yankees hire Eric Chavez as scout

          • Andrew Marchand, ESPN Senior WriterOct 31, 2014, 02:05 PM ET
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          Eric Chavez

          Eric Chavez

          #12 3B
          Arizona Diamondbacks

          2014 STATS

          • GM44

          • HR3

          • RBI8

          • R6

          • OBP.346

          • AVG.246

          The Yankees have hired Eric Chavez as a special assignment scout, GM Brian Cashman confirmed.

          Chavez, 37 in December, played 44 games with Arizona, hitting .246 this past season. He retired at the end of July, forfeiting around a million bucks of his $3.5 million salary. Chavez made more than $84 million in his career, according to Baseball-Reference.com.

          When Chavez was with the Yankees in 2011-12, he spoke about one day wanting to manage. The Yankees do have a hitting coach spot open, but it doesn't appear right now that will be Chavez's job.

          CBS Sports first reported the Chavez move.