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Originally Posted by O.city
Steven vogt, 2 birds 1 stone.
Backup catcher and platoon firsr baseman. DFA Cruz
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Vogt isn't even arb eligible until 2017 though - why would the A's be looking to move him?
He's the kind of guy they hold onto for another 2 years then move him when he's 2nd year arb eligible and costs real money. Granted, at 30 yrs old the time to pounce may be now but he's also a guy that they may want to keep around to develop their pitchers.
Moving your starting C has ripples throughout the organization. I would think Beane would be damn reluctant to part with him.
Worse still, Matheny would just cite the fact that they need Vogt's bat at 1b as justification to never use him as a backup C and instead keep Cruz on the roster. Never EVER underestimate Matheny's tendencies to manage out of fear. The guy carried 3 catchers, a backup MI that can't hit his weight and a 13 man staff at one point all out of pure fear of a worst case scenario.
If you're needing to use your 3rd string catcher, your 8th reliever and Pete !@#$ing Kozma - how 'bout you just chalk that day up as a loss and move along?