I can only guess that Jake and Hinch had some sort of conversation whereby playing him more regularly was hoped to fix things.
As best I can tell, 2013,14 & 16 were his option years, so waivers. He's a perfectly fine bench OFer.
Cole looking to become the FIRST pitcher in MLB History with four double-digit K games to begin a season.
I finally remember now all the pre-playoff fear of how teams would steal on McCann non-stop (didn't happen... was there even one steal attempt in the LCS/WS?)