Okay, maybe I’m getting a little ahead of myself here. J.T. has only been in Philadelphia for two years, and he has a long way to go before he can be considered a franchise great. But it’s spring training, the time of year when everyone gets prematurely excited about all things baseball. Besides, given the recent news about his broken thumb, we need to project some positive thoughts about J.T. into the universe.
So could J.T. Realmuto become the BCIFH? (That stands for Best Catcher in Franchise History, of course.) Yes. Absolutely. And that isn’t just wildly optimistic speculation.