Chavis is hitting just .228 for Low-A Greenville since his return from a thumb injury in June. Greenville manager Darren Fenster told Ryan Hannable of WEEI.com that Chavis has been slow to get back the timing that he had during his red-hot start to the season.
"It's been a little slower getting him back into the rhythm that he was in coming out of the gates at the start of the year before he got hurt," Fenster said. "Just getting him consistent with his timing has been the biggest thing for him right now where in those first few weeks of the year when he was going really well, his timing was consistent." Chavis, who started the season hitting .356 with a .992 OPS in the first 11 games before suffering the thumb injury, has been better in July (.805 OPS) than he was in June (.568 OPS). We suspect he'll continue to get better, which could lead to a promotion to High-A Salem before the end of the season.