MESA, Ariz. — A competition is brewing at the A’s catcher position this spring.
Chris Herrmann was signed in December as a left-handed hitting catcher who was expected to serve as a complement to right-handed hitting Josh Phegley in a platoon role. But the arrival of another right-handed hitting catcher in Nick Hundley on a minor league deal just as the A’s broke camp is complicating things.
“We do like the platoon situation. It’s why we signed him,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said of Herrmann. “Things change along the way in spring, but we brought him in to give him a pretty good opportunity.