#james-mccann

#james-mccann

As we all know - injuries happen.And it's not uncommon for them to happen to the same position.In the past two years, we've seen James McCann and Tomas Nido on the IL at the same time, resulting in 159 PA - and a .515OPS - from Patrick Mazeika.And last year, Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer and Tylor Megill were all on the IL at the same time.

Despite being handed a seemingly critical role for the 2023 Mets, Omar Narváez hasn't gotten the try-on-the-jersey-for-the-cameras business yet.Thanks in part to the merciful jettisoning of James McCann, the Venezuelan vet will presumably be our starting catcher most nights while serving as a sensei to a young Venezuelan catcher, Francisco Alvarez.

Every week we marvel at the Mets' payroll thinking it can't get any higher, and yet Steve Cohen proves us wrong every time.It turns out you can put a price on fielding a competitive team that looks like a World Series favorite on paper: 380 and 806.After shocking the baseball world overnight and stealing Carlos Correa from the San Francisco Giants with a 12-year, $315 million deal, the Mets' payroll for the 2023 season now stands north of $380 million - the highest in the history of Major League Baseball.

Omar Narvaez is likely better than either James McCann or Tomas Nido so the Mets signing him yesterday is probably a good idea.But it makes it harder for Francisco Alvarez to make the Opening Day roster.Not impossible - just harder.There have been rumors that the club has been shopping McCann and maybe now those go from rumors to reality.

San Francisco Giants starter Anthony DeSclafani didn't come out for the 4th inning after barely crawling out from the flaming and bent wreckage of the 3rd inning in Sunday's 8-3 junker against the Baltimore Orioles.The Orioles tagged the starter for 6 runs (5 earned) with 11 batters coming to the plate.

The Yankees showed a grit and determination notably absent from previous contests as they came back to walk off the Padres, 3-2, in extra innings.With most of their AL East opponents losing, the Bombers pick up a game on the competition, and have a chance to win the series tomorrow afternoon.For now, let's recap the action in the games involving their AL rivals.

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New York Mets top prospect Francisco Alvarez doesn't share the same reservations as others who believe he might start the 2023 season in Triple-A."I'm 100% sure I'll be on the Mets' roster for Opening Day," Alvarez told Venezuelan journalist César Sequera Ramos.

BALTIMORE - The Baltimore Orioles acquired catcher James McCann and $19 million from the New York Mets for a player to be named.McCann was an All-Star in 2019 for the Chicago White Sox, but hit just .195with three home runs and 18 RBIs for the Mets last season.He joins a Baltimore team that already has perhaps the top young catcher in the game in Adley Rutschman, but the 32-year-old McCann could be a capable backup and fill the type of role veteran Robinson Chirinos did last season.