When the White Sox gave James McCann a one-year deal in December, it likely wasn’t with eyes on him being the catcher of the future.
He came with the same promise of the rest of the team’s veteran additions of recent vintage: a guy who could help the younger players, a guy who could have an impact on the rebuild even if he wasn’t going to be on the next championship-contending roster on the South Side. With Zack Collins and Seby Zavala seemingly destined for late-season major league debuts, McCann wasn’t brought aboard to entrench himself behind the plate.