Not to spoil James McCann’s arrival in New York, but some executives and agents believe the Mets exploited him by not signing JT Realmuto and that Realmuto exploited him by not signing with the Mets.
Free streams and agency flows, and sometimes a team and a player operate on different deadlines, preventing them from aligning. It seems to be what happened with the Mets and Realmuto. The Mets wanted to move faster than Realmuto, and when it became clear that no agreement could be reached, they reached a four-year, $ 40.6 million deal with McCann.
Realmuto is believed to be looking for a guarantee about three times that amount, and the Mets were the team most likely to offer that money. Also for the Mets the match looked perfect. Some rival executives consider Realmuto to be the best in their position by the widest margin of any player in the game.
This point is debatable. McCann, 30, is nine months older than Realmuto and his career is not so long …