"Just one of those things I kind of felt coming for a little while," Vogt said. "Obviously it's never easy. It's something I understand -- don't like [it], but I understand how the game works. Definitely news that hit me very hard."
The mood was somber in the A's clubhouse Wednesday night when the team found out.
"We were blindsided by it I think a little bit," said left-handed reliever Sean Doolittle, the longest-tenured member of the team. "I don't think anybody kind of saw this coming. It really hurts. Thinking about what he's meant for this team and this organization, it's been a tough day.