MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A trade that the Miami Marlins have been working on for months has finally been completed.
The Marlins have traded All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto to the Philadelphia Phillies for catcher Jorge Alfaro and pitching prospects Sixto Sanchez and Will Stewart.
Miami also received international bonus pool money in the deal.
Realmuto had been the longest tenured Marlins player, the last of the since-traded core group that included Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna.
Last year Realmuto’s agent informed the Marlins that he would not sign a long-term deal to remain in Miami, so the team began to explore trade options.