A’s catcher Stephen Vogt’s spring training will be a work in progress after he underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow Friday.
The surgery, performed by Dr. Jon Dickinson in San Francisco, was a debridement of the elbow joint and the removal of a bone chip. Vogt is estimated to need 4-6 weeks to return, and the A’s said in a statement that he’s expected to be ready by opening day.
The suggested timetable means it’s likely he would be limited in baseball activities for perhaps the first half of spring training.
“He’ll be late getting into the spring,’’ A’s manager Bob Melvin said Friday afternoon.