Athletics third baseman Eric Chavez is mulling retirement. He is currently recovering from two bulging disks in his neck. "I've pondered retirement," Chavez said in an e-mail to the San Francisco Chronicle. "I'd lie if I said I didn't. The truth of the matter is that I don't know what I'm going to do." The longest-tenured A's player, Chavez is in the final season of a six-year, $66 million deal; the A's are certain not to pick up next year's $12.5 million option.