Once the Chicago White Sox signed Yasmani Grandal this past offseason, it was expected that 2019 All-Star catcher James McCann would be a superb backup.
However, there are many reasons for concern with McCann and there isn’t a lot of upside to keeping him at this stage.
For starters, his defense is atrocious behind the plate as can be seen by his 107th ranking -10.2 FRAA as detailed by Baseball Prospectus.
On top of it, the “significantly improved” McCann really only had one good half of a season at the plate.