Oakland A’s Depth at Catcher about To Become Trade Bait?

Going into the offseason following the 2009 season, the Oakland Athletics had depth at the outfield position. The question was what to do with Rajai Davis, Ryan Sweeney, Scott Hairston, Travis Buck, Aaron Cunningham, Eric Patterson, and Jack Cust.

Then they started a plethora of offseason moves including the signings of Coco Crisp and Gabe Gross, and trading for Jake Fox and Michael Taylor. The question is still the same, only half the outfielders in question are new faces.

Spring Training hasn't yet answered the overall outfield questions, but the depth in the outfield is quite possibly about to impact the depth at another strong position in the A's system: catcher.

A's broadcasters and fans have been debating all spring whether Eric Patterson or Jake Fox would mak...

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