Mets Sign Endy Chavez

I'm a little late with this news, but the Mets signed Endy Chavez to a one year deal. Not sure why we did this, other then to have a warm body with major league experience to back up Carlos Beltran. Chavez has a career .659 OPS and he's a pretty average fielder. Not sure if this is the precursor to another move or what, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how Chavez will fit in. At best he's a fifth outfielder and you'd think they'd have one of those in AAA at a bargain basement price.