Batting average is an incomplete stat. All it tells you is how often a player gets a hit, not how often they got on base or the quality of those hits (doubles, triples, home runs). Using it for evaluating hitters is stupid.stupid thing to say considering mccann has a higher lifetime avg.
let's ignore the fact you missed entirely my point that yasmani is a hitter for a half season and does, more often, what mccann is accused of.
look, i admit yasmani has a bigger bat than mccann in total because he has more hr power (something the sox aren't short of anyway). however, he's a much worse fielding catcher. in 8 years yasmani has accumulated a life time 2.3 dwar. in only 6 year mccann has accumulated a 4.7. don't know about you, but i'd rather have the better fielder than the little bit extra bat for a team that doesn't need it.
McCann's career BA is 6 points higher. And his OBP is 51 points lower than Grandal's and his slugging percentage is 59 points lower. Grandal has a career 115 OPS+ while McCann's is 83.
If McCann has another season like 2019, then yeah you might be able to make a case for him over Grandal. But that's the thing, this is the first season in McCann's career where you could even say he was above average offensively even by catcher standards. And yet, his 109 OPS+ would be the 2nd worst among Grandal's full seasons.
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