OAKLAND — What an emotional nine innings it must have been for Stephen Vogt on Wednesday night.
Before that game, A’s general manager David Forst sat down with Vogt and broke the news that he would be designated for assignment, essentially ending the catcher’s four-year tenure in green and gold.
Vogt kept the news to himself as the A’s took the field against the Astros, not wanting to be a distraction to his teammates. It wasn’t until Thursday morning that the A’s publicly announced the move to cut ties with Vogt, who arrived in a low-profile trade from Tampa Bay as journeyman in 2013 and proceeded to etch out an unlikely legacy for himself in an Oakland uniform.