The A’s are a team that doesn’t shy away from bringing alumni home for a second or even third go-round, and that might extend to the team’s catching spot next season.

The Chronicle has learned that Oakland has talked to former A’s catcher Kurt Suzuki, who is a free agent, about a deal for next season. The A’s catching spot is in flux because their primary catcher in 2018, Jonathan Lucroy, is also a free agent.

Suzuki, 35, made his major-league debut with Oakland in 2007 and spent five seasons with the team until being traded to the Nationals in 2012. A favorite of Oakland’s coaching staff and pitchers, Suzuki was reacquired from Washington on Aug. 23, 2013, but played in only 15 games with the A’s that year.

Some of Suzuki’s best seasons have come since he left the A’s. He was an All-Star with the Twins in 2014, and in 2017 with the Braves, Suzuki hit .283 with a career-high 19 homers. He hit 12 homers and drove in 50 runs in 105 games with Atlanta this season, and the Braves remain a potential option for Suzuki, who has drawn interest from several teams.

In 718 games with Oakland, Suzuki hit .255 with 59 homers and 309 RBIs, and his WAR his first two full seasons with Oakland was 3.8 and 3.4, respectively. He made $3.5 million with the Braves last season while sharing catching duties with Tyler Flowers.

Lucroy, 32, signed a $6.5 million deal with the A’s in March after the team determined that Bruce Maxwell was not going to be the everyday catcher. Though Lucroy, an All-Star in 2014 with Milwaukee, did not hit much (.241 with four homers and 51 RBIs) with Oakland and his defensive metrics weren’t notable, he became one of the team’s leaders and was instrumental in helping the A’s pitching staff remain on track despite a wave of rotation injuries.

Both Suzuki and Lucroy are likely to want a minimum of two years, so it’s unclear whether Oakland, with highly regarded catching prospect Sean Murphy expected to be ready in 2020, would offer any free-agent catcher more than a year, or a year and an option.

The A’s also have had talks, as expected, with one of their free agents, reliever Shawn Kelley, whose agent, Mike McCann, said that Kelley has decided against retiring and would like to play several more years. Kelley, 34, enjoyed his time in Oakland, McCann said, and feels as if he is a good fit for the team. Four other teams also have expressed interest in the right-hander, who had a 2.16 ERA in 19 appearances with the A’s after coming to Oakland in a waiver-claim deal with Washington for international bonus-slot money.

Susan Slusser is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: sslusser@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @susanslusser