1 year agoThe Cleveland Guardians have hired
Stephen Vogt as the 45th manager in franchise history. The former big-league backstop replaces Terry Francona who managed the club for 11 seasons before stepping down due to a lengthy battle with health issues. Vogt, 39, played 794 MLB games as a catcher and hit .239 with 82 home runs in that time with the Rays, A's, Brewers, Giants, D-backs, and Braves. He last appeared with the A's as recently as the 2022 season. He will be tasked with turning around a Guardians club that struggled last season, finishing with a 76-86 record, good for third place in the AL Central and 11 games back of the first-place Minnesota Twins. The Guardians reached the ALDS in the 2022 season, bowing out to the Yankees in five games.
--Brenton KempSource: Cleveland Guardians
1 year agoLong-time big-league catcher
Stephen Vogt has emerged as a serious candidate for the Cleveland Guardians managerial vacancy, according to sources. The Guardians are looking for a new manager this offseason following the retirement of Terry Francona. The 38-year-old Vogt is currently an assistant coach for the Seattle Mariners and previously interviewed for the managerial vacancy with the San Francisco Giants, where Bob Melvin is the leading candidate. Vogt was an All-Star in 2015 and 2016 and appeared in 794 major-league games over 10 seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, Giants, Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: ESPN.com - Jeff Passan
3 years agoOakland Athletics catcher
Stephen Vogt announced that he will retire from professional baseball after this season. Vogt will retire a 10-year veteran (six seasons with the A's) in which he was a two-time All-Star. The 37-year-old played for the A's, Rays, Diamondbacks, Giants, Braves and Brewers during his career. Vogt currently has a .239/.302/.406 slash line with 81 home runs, 309 RBI, 256 runs scored and five stolen bases in his 784 career games. He made the All-Star team in back-to-back seasons in 2015 and 2016 with Oakland, and he hit a career-high 18 home runs while driving in 71 runs in 2015.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: A's Twitter
3 years agoThe Oakland Athletics reinstated catcher
Stephen Vogt (knee) from the injured list on Tuesday and called up infielder
Matt Davidson from Triple-A Las Vegas. In corresponding moves,
Sheldon Neuse was optioned to the minors and reliever
Parker Markel was designated for assignment. Vogt was out with a sprained right knee since late April, and he went 1-for-14 with a solo home run in six games before his injury. The 37-year-old veteran backstop should help back up
Sean Murphy for the A's and has extremely limited fantasy appeal at this point of his career.
--Keith Hernandez - RotoBallerSource: San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Kawahara
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