A’s facing a dilemma with catchers this spring

MESA, ARIZ. – FEB. 13: Oakland Athletics reliever Fernando Rodney chats with catcher Chris Herrmann during the team’s spring training camp in Mesa, Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)MESA, Ariz. — A competition is brewing at the A’s catcher position this spring.

Chris Herrmann was signed in December as a left-handed hitting catcher who was expected to serve as a complement to right-handed hitting Josh Phegley in a platoon role. But the arrival of another right-handed hitting catcher in Nick Hundley on a minor league deal just as the A’s broke camp is complicating things.

“We do like the platoon situation. It’s why we signed him,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said of…