Timing played a role in the Mets' acquisition last week of James McCann, according to team president Sandy Alderson, who noted that the organization also spoke with the top free-agent catcher on the market, J.T. Realmuto.
Alderson said the match with Realmuto wasn't right -- or at least not right now.
"We can afford to wait to fill some [holes] but we can't afford to wait to fill all of them," team President Sandy Alderson said on Monday afternoon. "This wasn't a compromise pick. Part of it was our really strong interest in James but at the same time we had conversations with J.