PHOENIX, ARIZONA - MARCH 02: Greg Deichmann #31 of the Oakland Athletics plays the ball in the fifth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers during the MLB spring training game at American Family Fields of Phoenix on March 02, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
The Oakland A’s had been waiting for Greg Deichmann to live up to his potential for years. Their second round pick in the 2017 MLB Draft, Deichmann has the raw tools that make him appear to be the type of player that a team could build around.
The problem is that he was never able to have those tools manifest in game action.