One team to keep an eye on with as far as pursuing Brian McCann is the Astros.

Among Houston’s top priorities this offseason are to add lefty hitting to balance their righty might (Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, Carlos Correa, Yulieski Gurriel and George Springer) and to import a mature veteran or two to mix in with the young core. McCann is known as a steady, heady, serious veteran with presence.

In addition, Houston’s primary catcher, Jason Castro, hits left and is a free agent.

One executive said he thought two-thirds of the league probably feels it can upgrade on catcher or flat out needs one. Another executive said McCann still has enough qualities — power, durability, positive clubhouse rep, good defense — to allow the Yankees to trade him and probably get something desirable back, especially if they eat about $6 million annually of the $18 million he is owed in 2017 and ’18.

The Braves were among the teams that made a run at a reunion with McCann at the trade deadline. But they wanted the Yankees to pay down the salary to about that range, plus were not willing to surrendered players New York desired, so Brian Cashman never even brought the possibility to McCann, who has a no-trade clause.