If you're as big of a fan of FanGraphs. His career SwStr% is 5.7%, and his career O-Swing% is 29.5%. The average, for the record, is 9.5% for SwStr%, and Vogt is well below that in his career. He's also within the average for the league with an O-Swing% of 30%. You wouldn’t want a player swinging at pitches outside the zone consistently or swinging and missing a lot because it probably says more about the hitter than it does about the pitchers he’s facing.
Vogt and Phegley Breakdown
The table below shows the splits for Vogt and Phegley.
| AVG vLHP | AVG vRHP | wOBA vLHP | wOBA vRHP | SLG vLHP | SLG vRHP | wRC vLHP | wRC vRHP | wRC+ vLHP | wRC+ vRHP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vogt | .203 | .265 | .276 | .313 | .390 | .408 | 5 | 44.6 | 76 | 102 |
| Phegley | .250 | .195 | .310 | .220 | .482 | .286 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 91 | 29 |
Clearly, the A's are trying to capitalize on this platoon by using the two batters. Vogt and Phegley. It’s evident that Vogt will be the starting catcher to face right-handed pitchers, and should be given serious consideration in deeper fantasy baseball leagues. As of now, he’s only 9.2% owned in ESPN leagues, but that’s due to the fact that he’s strictly first base eligible. As mentioned earlier, he’ll be catcher eligible within the next week and half, as he only needs eight more games to achieve catcher status.
Vogt for Stephen to be your catcher, and I promise you won’t regret it.