Franchise World Series. Therefore, it was not at all surprising when the Yankees were reported to have made their first move, signing the best catcher available in the market-Brian McCann

McCann, along with A.J. Pierzynski, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and John Buck, is one of the top tier catchers that have been granted free agency this season. McCann spent each of his first nine big league seasons with the Atlanta Braves, who drafted him in the second round of the 2002 amateur draft. McCann made his Major League debut on June 10, 2005 and hit his first career homerun in his very next game. He was the personal catcher of John Smoltz in the 2005 season and finally was named everyday starter for the 2006 season when the Braves traded Johnny Estrada to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Starting from that point, Brian McCann became one of the best catchers in the entire Major League.

McCann hit .333 with 24 homeruns and 93 RBIs in his first full big league season in 2006. He led all catchers in homeruns and was among the three leaders in RBI, with Jorge Posada of the New York Yankees and Victor Martinez of the Cleveland Indians. The Braves catcher was also selected to the 2006 MLB All-Star Game.

McCann was again selected into the annual All-Star Game in each of the following five seasons (2007-2011) and was named All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in 2010 when he drove in all three runs for the National League in a 3-1 victory, which ended the American League’s unbeaten streak at 13. In 2012, McCann was denied his seventh straight All-Star selection as Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants, Yadier Molina of the St. Louis Cardinals and Carlos Ruiz of the Philadelphia Phillies were the three catchers selected onto the NL team, but he earned it in the following year, replacing his injured teammate Freddie Freeman.