Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Agree that the Yanks overpaid for McCann. He hasn't hit over .270 since 2009, and he has hit under .250 over his last 900 plate appearances.
I don't like giving Dan Haren $10 million, but at least it's only for 1 year. He was very unimpressive last year, seemingly alternating some good outings with some horrendous ones. He is 33, and his last two seasons have seen a combined ERA of around 4.50. Ugh.
Also LOL @ signing Peralta for 4 years, $53 million after the PED suspension. Which one do you think you'll get? The 2012 Peralta who hit .239, or the 2013 version who hit .303 while on PEDs? Oh, and his defense sucks, too. At least Hanley Ramirez makes up for his defense with a big bat.
I think the McCann deal is fine. If you believe in stats like WAR, the general economic figure being used right now is that a "win" is basically worth around $6 million on average.
McCann last year: 402 PA 2.2 WAR
Yankees catchers: Stewart 340 PA 0.2 WAR
Romine 148 PA -0.7 WAR
Cervelli technically put up a 0.8 WAR in his 17 games before getting hurt, but it was a bit of an anomaly offensively, as he slugged .500 in those at bats compared to a career .367 slugging avg. Even adding that in, Mcann (in a season limited by injuries himself) would have been worth about 2 wins more than what the yankees put behind the plate last year. Roughly worth $12 million to them.
Position scarcity also plays a big role there, as it does for Peralta as well. With Mauer getting ready to move to being primarily a 1B, Mccann is arguably the 2nd or 3rd best hitting catcher in the game right now, and is generally considered to be at least league average as a defender/game caller.