Here’s a question that made no sense as recently as mid November: Should the White Sox trade James McCann?
Then Yasmani Grandal came along, secured the No. 1 catcher’s job for the next four years, and suddenly McCann’s future, short-term instead of long-term, became a relevant discussion topic.
With Grandal behind the plate for the foreseeable future and Edwin Encarnacion — whose one-year free-agent deal with the South Siders has been reported but not announced — stepping in as the team’s primary designated hitter, that doesn’t leave a ton of starts for a guy who earned such a role with his performance in 2019.