Some suspicion was raised by 1B/DH Dan Vogelbach’s absence from Tacoma’s lineup last night, assuming he was either traded or being promoted, and now we’ve got an answer.
The addition of Vogelbach, who was leading the PCL in OBP (.456) and OPS (1.038) at the time of his promotion, could potentially look a little different than his last stints with the club when he was recalled for five and six days, receiving just six and two at-bats respectively. With everyday first baseman Ryon Healy’s struggling to a 41 wRC+ in July and now having dethroned Andrew Romine for the leadin negative fWAR at -0.