$40.6 million NY Mets free agent bust signs a new deal with NL East rival
Even if the first MLB games of the season begin tomorrow between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, free agency isn’t nearly over with. Several notable players have yet to sign contracts, including last year’s primary New York Mets DH, J.D. Martinez.
Late spring signings have become more common in recent years. It’s especially true with veterans past their prime settling on minor league deals. That’s the category James McCann fits into. A bust in New York to the point where the team had to dump him to the Baltimore Orioles only to replace him with an even worse player albeit less expensive one in Omar Narvaez, McCann just had to end up with the Atlanta Braves, didn’t he?
ource: Free-agent catcher James McCann and the Atlanta Braves are in agreement on a minor-league contract.
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Former Mets catcher James McCann will have an opportunity to help the Braves catcher situation
Like the Mets, the Braves are dealing with an injury to their catcher. Sean Murphy will miss time with a cracked rib. They no longer had Travis d’Arnaud to easily turn to. Their depth chart has Drake Baldwin and longtime third-stinger Chadwick Tromp as the projected candidates to handle the duties behind the plate until Murphy’s return.
