Professional Catcher

Finally, after struggling for more than a month, the Mets' leaky ship may have stabilized. Unable to win back-to-back games for five weeks, they swept the Arizona Diamondbacks three games at Citi Field. And while the Mets batters seem to have perked up, let's also give a big assist to Devin Mesoraco.
Since coming to New York in the Matt Harvey trade a week and half ago, he's begun to stabiliize the catching position, which had turned into an absolute minefield.
The end of the Mets hot start to 2018 coincided with the loss of both Travis d'Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki. Losing one would have been painful -- but seeing both land on the disabled list had a ripple effect. Not only did they lose at least a league-average offensive output from the pair -- but, of greater concern, all the chemistry and rapport d'Arnaud and Plawecki developed with the Mets pitchers was lost. That familiarity factor was vital.
Would the Yankees be as strong if, instead of Gary Sanchez and Austin Romine behind the plate, they had to go most of the way with Kyle Higashioka, their Triple A catcher and Jose Lobaton? You know the answer.
A capable catcher with a bad injury history of his own, Mesoraco is a capable veteran who knows how to handle a pitching staff and can provide at least adequate offense. At minimum, he's the bridge to serve until Plawecki returns. And compared to Lobaton and not-quite-ready prospect Tomas Nido, that's a major upgrade.