(Sports Spectrum) The New York Mets, after making James McCann one of their top free-agent prospects, officially got their man. They signed the 30-year-old catcher to a four-year contract on Tuesday.
In signing with the Mets, McCann leaves the Chicago White Sox, for whom he played the past two seasons after signing there as a free agent in December 2018. He played his first five MLB seasons with the Detroit Tigers, who drafted him in the second round in 2011, but declined to offer him a contract in 2018 after he hit just .220 with 116 strikeouts and only eight home runs and 39 RBIs.