Incoming: Josh Donaldson and Brian McCann

Today, the Braves made two big moves adding position players to the roster: Josh Donaldson and Brian McCann. A quick word about McCann as the majority of this post will be about Donaldson. If your expectation for the catcher position was JT Realmuto or Yasmani Grandal, then McCann is a disappointment. And while I wouldn’t call the McCann signing a disappointment, it does put more pressure on improving other areas of the roster.

This signing would seem to signal to me that they didn’t want to commit the money and years to Grandal, and they didn’t want to give up what it was looking like they would have to give up to get Realmuto. And if that was the case, as it certainly appears to be, then…