While the New York Yankees have been suffering through a myriad of struggles at the plate, catcher Brian McCann has been able to produce at a pretty high level. The veteran catcher has a team-high .275 TAv, an OPS of .805, the second-highest mark of any Yankee, and has been far and away the team’s […]
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Brian McCann Has Never Caught Baseballs Worse than in 2015
Unlike in most jobs, the basic function of a catcher is inherent in the job title. If you tell someone at a cocktail party that you are a Regional Director of Electronics and Advanced Systems Engineering, there is a good chance they won’t know what you do on a day-to-day basis; if you tell them you’re a […]
Breaking Down the Yankees Payroll: Infield
*Brian McCann, $15M vesting option if he totals 1,000 PAs from 2017-18, catches 90 games in 2018 and is not on the disabled list at the end of the 2018 season *Brendan Ryan, $1M player option *Alex Rodriguez, $6M bonus at 763 HR and 764 HR *Brett Gardner, $12.5M Team Option, $2M Buyout *Jacoby Ellsbury, […]
No Longer Boom or Bust: Brian McCann’s Yankee Stadium Production
In the winter of 2013, Baseball Prospectus ranked Brian McCann as the off-season’s fourth best free agent. At the time, he was a 29-year-old, prime-of-his career catcher and a career .277/.350/.473 hitter. McCann had six seasons of at least 20 home runs and a career 10 percent walk rate. When he signed with the Yankees […]
The Power is back in the Bronx
The Yankees offense has exploded this year. They stand behind just the MLB-leading Blue Jays in runs scored with 525 (entering play Wednesday), which is 40 ahead of the third place Astros. In the power department, they stand just eight homers short of the MLB-leading Astros with 144. In comparison, the 2014 Yankees hit just […]
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
It’s no secret that for the last couple of decades, the New York Yankees have been fond of older, more experienced hitters. This season in particular, the average age of their Opening Day starting lineup was 29 years-old – with only one position player, 25-year-old Didi Gregorius, under the age of 30. With age and […]
Brian McCann is going from loving Yankee Stadium to needing it
When Brian McCann signed with the New York Yankees he was almost universally considered a “good fit”. Both the media and his new teammates saw his left-handed swing and the short porch at Yankee Stadium and assumed McCann was in for some big seasons in the pinstripes. So far the veteran backstop has posted a 3.5 WAR in […]
Are the Yankees’ struggling positions really as bad as they seem?
The Yankees finished up their first month of the season with an extra-innings loss to the Rays on Wednesday afternoon, but they did end April with four consecutive series wins and a 13-9 record. The offense was mostly frustrating and brought back bad memories of the Yankees’ earlier 3-6 record for people hopeful that they would go […]