Welcome catcher Stephen Vogt

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Jeff Wiser (@OutfieldGrass24)
11/26/19, 4:22 PM
Platoon bat to help Carson Kelley who struggled against right handed pitching #Dbacks

 

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Zach Buchanan (@ZHBuchanan)
11/26/19, 4:37 PM
Stephen Vogt will receive a one-year deal worth $3 million, and a vesting option that could make the total deal worth $7 million, per a source.

 

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Jesse Friedman (@JesseNFriedman)
11/26/19, 4:28 PM
#Dbacks now have a pretty darn good platoon set up at catcher:

Stephen Vogt vs. RHP, 2019: .271/.330/.505.
Carson Kelly vs. LHP, 2019: .356/.462/.667.

 

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Jeff Wiser (@OutfieldGrass24)
11/26/19, 4:44 PM
Of note: though he's a catcher, Vogt has totaled just 157 games played over the last three combined seasons and turned 35 earlier this month.

 

[Dback Jon]

Stop Gap. Not the best defensively. Regressed in calling pitches.

Meh

 

[gimpy]

35?

 

[BC867]

Stop Gap. Not the best defensively. Regressed in calling pitches. Meh

35?

Biding time for Daulton Varsho (also a left handed hitting catcher)?
He'll be here sooner than some think.

I see Alex Avila (also a left handed hitting catcher) is gone from the roster.
I guess Vogt is a replacement for him.

I still wish that the D-backs would bat their catcher no lower than 7th, and
have a speedster bat 8th, as Torey tried for a game or two, then abandoned.

 

[Ronin]

Vogt, who turned 35 on Nov. 1, had a resurgent 2019 with the Giants after missing all of the previous season with a right shoulder injury. He hit .263/.314/.490 with 10 home runs and 40 RBIs in 99 games and fared particularly well against right-handed pitching (.835 OPS).

“He has a good idea of the strike zone,” D-backs general manager Mike Hazen said. “He has power. And we like his ability to hit. We feel he can do a number of different things with the bat, and certainly being left-handed, much like we’ve had in the past, is a nice compliment to Carson.”

Vogt's vesting option could bring the deal to $7 million, according to Zach Buchanan, the D-backs reporter for The Athletic, citing a source.

https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/stephen-vogt-deal-d-backs

 

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[Chris_Sanders]

Stop Gap. Not the best defensively. Regressed in calling pitches.

Meh

I am not even sure if it is a stop gap to be honest. He is too poor defensively to reasonably platoon

 

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