PT TODAY: McCann on the move to Houston
Nov 21 2016
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| American League | National League | |
| Astros | Houston acquires Brian McCann | |
| New York Yankees C Brian McCann was acquired by the Houston Astros Thursday, Nov. 17. Source: MLBRosterMoves | |
| BHQ take: The left-handed-hitting McCann replaces free agent Jason Castro behind the plate, where he projects to share duties with right-handed-hitting Evan Gattis. Like Gattis, McCann will also spend some time at DH, and projects a fallback option at first base, depending on where HOU positions Yulieski Gurriel and the progress (or lack thereof) of A.J. Reed. McCann still offers good low-BA power-and-patience vR, and Minute Maid Park isn’t that big a drop-off... |
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