“A lot of teams made good deals and I am grateful for that, but I felt like part of my responsibility as a player was to respect the guys who went through the process before I did — Brian McCann, Russell Martin and Yadier Molina,” Grandal told the MLB Network after his introductory press conference at Miller Park. “Those guys who established pay levels and markets for upper tier catchers like me. So I felt like I was doing a disservice if I were to take some of these deals being thrown around.