Miami Marlins Trade Rumors: The case for keeping J.T. Realmuto

With a bullish trade market and the Miami Marlins not moving from their trade demands, the reality of keeping catcher J.T. Realmuto on the roster in 2019 has become stronger by the day.

I have been saying this for some time, as those of you who read Marlin Maniac know, so when I write that the Marlins may keep catcher J.T. Realmuto on the roster at the beginning of the 2019 MLB season, please know the trade market may force that possibility.

Would it be such a bad thing to keep the best and most marketable player on the team’s roster heading into the second season of a rebuilding project that is expected to take at least another two years? Would Realmuto have a change of heart if this…