The Athletics have released catcher Nick Hundley, according to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. The veteran catcher was designated for assignment last week.
The move marks the end of a disappointing Athletics tenure for Hundley, who signed with the club on a minor-league contract last winter. He slashed an underwhelming .200/.233/.357 in just 73 plate appearances. That lack of production, coupled with injuries that limited his availability, left Hundley falling behind the A’s other catching options in Chris Herrman and Josh Phegley.
Despite his struggles, Hundley’s experience should earn him another chance with a team in search of depth behind the plate. Prior to this season, he served as a capable backup for San Francisco’s Buster Posey. He’s the owner of a career .703 OPS—certainly an acceptable mark for a reserve catcher—but defensive metrics see his framing and control of the running game as below-average.
Back to 39 on the 40 man, hmmm….
The A’s ain’t gone make any more moves chill jk
Lol… yes, they more than likely are… they’ve said as much
The athletics are mehhh if Chapman isn’t playing good
They’re in the playoff picture with their two best relievers struggling and their DH hitting like a backup catcher. Also won the season series against the Twins
I don’t think trivino and treinen are that great… they have amazing stuff but treinen and trivino only had one good season. Khris Davis is another story tho
Was trienen not good from 2014-2016 for nationals? Or 2nd half of 2017 for A’s? Also trivino was a rookie last season, his one and only full season
just wondering why you hate the A’s so much? You seem to have a personal beef with the club. Only one here that make it a habit to post something snarky about the A’s even though its a complete lie. So why do you hate the A’s so much?
He’s a Twins fan, he’s rightfully scared of the A’s :)
Khris Davis, Profar, Piscotty, Phegley (other than like, a month, he’s a 0.4 WAR player, totally hurting the team, Beau Taylor has MLB hitting tools at least FREE HIM), Hermann, Barreto, Morales, Hundley and Pinder have all had significant playing time and all have been pretty terrible this season. I guess in that regard if Chapman also is slumping, the A’s are mehhh. But that’s a whole lot of underperformance and a lot of it is unsustainable, so the floor gets raised if like, half those guys hit their weight. Then the A’s can afford to have Chapman not hit.
Twinsfan368 is a real dummy
It’s an amazing, young, talented A’s Team. Billy Beane and co are true magicians doing wonders with little given by Ownership.
Very true but joke of ownership!
Crazy… this dude was a hot trade deadline commodity just two seasons ago.
Once most catchers hit 35 they fall off a cliff.
Sign with the Tigers… he’d be their cleanup hitter.
I went to a Padres Dodgers game in LA in 2013 when I was stationed in the Los Angeles area. Went with a group of fellow soldiers and were all in uniform. Nick Hundley was a class act, came over and talked to us at length. Just made a big impression. He signed balls for us all too. He asked Mat Latos to do the same but his response was the polar opposite.
Astros are looking for a backup catcher.
It’s really amazing Hundley has played this long. He is all around average, always has been.
Good luck to him, hope he gets to keep playing
I think he’ll return to Oakland as manager some day.