With the news that Stephen Vogt will be briefly absent from the Oakland Athletics after sustaining that horrifying foul-tip injury to the groin on Sunday, it looks like Josh Phegley will become the primary catcher for a few games, with rookie September call-up Carson Blair filling in behind the plate as well.
If the team was still contending, this is an instance where the A’s would have had a luxury that many teams do not possess: two fairly-interchangeable catchers.
Vogt won the everyday job out of Spring Training and has done a stellar job behind the plate, but Phegley is not exactly a bad backstop himself.