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Oakland Athletics: Ranking the most likely All-Star candidates

By Rebecca Wasik

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 20: Matt Chapman #26 of the Oakland Athletics reacts as he rounds the bases after he hit a walk-off home run to beat the Tampa Bay Rays at Ring Central Coliseum on June 20, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 20: Matt Chapman #26 of the Oakland Athletics reacts as he rounds the bases after he hit a walk-off home run to beat the Tampa Bay Rays at Ring Central Coliseum on June 20, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /
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PITTSBURGH, PA – MAY 03: Josh Phegley #19 of the Oakland Athletics hits a three run RBI double to left field in the second inning during the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on May 3, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) /

2. C Josh Phegley

Josh Phegley has been very consistent behind the plate for the A’s this year. After several consecutive seasons of Kurt Suzuki being behind the plate, the Athletics seemed to go through many catchers, but they’ve finally settled on Phegley.

Stephen Vogt and Jonathan Lucroy have moved on to other teams, which has now made it Phegley’s time to shine.

To start Phegley’s argument for All-Star candidacy, he has already caught a no-hitter this year. He has also been great at the plate with a .258 average, 9 home runs, and 41 RBI at the time of writing.

A’s manager, and former MLB catcher, Bob Melvin has been campaigning for Phegley to be an All-Star since the beginning of the season. In fact, he advocated for his candidacy in an interview with Martin Gallegos of MLB.com.

"“If you’re looking at All-Star worthy catchers at this point, I don’t know anyone that is more worthy than he is.”"

Again, it’s probably unlikely that Phegley will be headed to Cleveland, but he is a valuable member of the A’s and has been crushing it this season.

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