Former Yankees catcher, Brian McCann, is very often one of the first players mentioned when discussing the best leaders in baseball, especially among catchers. When McCann came to the Yankees so did veteran leadership and a rallying voice within the clubhouse. But the language of baseball has changed.
Many teams within Major League Baseball are filled with international talent more so than any time in the past. The commonality between most of the international players is language, and that language is Spanish.
The Yankees are no exception to the wave of Latin American players, and nothing was more symbolic of the times than last year’s changing of the guard between a perennial All-Star leader in McCann, for a talented young Dominican named Gary Sanchez.