Comments on: Brian McCann shouldn’t still be in New York http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/02/brian-mccann-shouldnt-still-be-in-new-york/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Thu, 06 Dec 2018 13:34:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Jon http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/02/brian-mccann-shouldnt-still-be-in-new-york/#comment-6117 Sat, 06 Aug 2016 08:03:23 +0000 http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=6039#comment-6117 I think you leave out a third possibility, which is that Cashman needed to focus on maximizing Chapman/Miller/Beltran/Nova, and since he also needed to individually sell each deal to Hal, he didn’t have time to get to McCann, which would have been his next priority. McCann should clear waivers and he can move him in August or in the offseason, assuming they’re willing to swallow some money as they should be (that 2019 option is easily achievable and a killer).

]]> By: Austin Yamada http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/02/brian-mccann-shouldnt-still-be-in-new-york/#comment-6098 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:01:43 +0000 http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=6039#comment-6098 Yeah I’m sorry, the Miller for AGon was a dumb idea. I’ve already acknowledged that here (http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/26/should-the-yankees-hold-a-fire-sale/), but I’m not ashamed to do so again.

With that being said, I’m not quite sure what problem you have with what I said regarding McCann. In my mind, it’s not “dumping” him if they find another team to assume his entire contract, even if offering nothing in return. It’s not “dumping” him if they eat a part of his contract, but get legit prospects in return. It’s only dumping him if they get negligible or fringe prospects AND have to eat some of all his salary, which I’m not OK with, either. But judging from the intense interest in Lucroy, and the lack of any other alternatives that were traded or even rumored at catcher, I’m pretty confident that the Yankees could’ve moved him without “dumping” him.

Also, if you really believe that Sanchez might be the future answer at catcher, then McCann doesn’t really have a place on this team. A league-average bat with platoon splits is not a valuable player when he plays at 1B or DH, and that doesn’t even take into account that he’s taking up $17mil of the payroll.

]]> By: karcotte http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/08/02/brian-mccann-shouldnt-still-be-in-new-york/#comment-6094 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:01:25 +0000 http://bronx.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=6039#comment-6094 They can give Sanchez a lot of playing time without dumping McCann for nothing. In fact that is exactly what they are doing starting today.

They will play McCann more at DH and maybe even 1B. Sanchez will probably DH some too. Good thing they didn’t trade A. Miller for A. Gonzalez right?

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