MLB.com‘s Todd Zolecki has reported that free-agent catcher J.T. Realmuto could target a deal “in the $200 million range.” There don’t seem to be too many people that believe he’ll ultimately land such a deal, but estimates for how many years the two-time All-Star will sign for are all over the place.
First things first, Realmuto will have to decline the one-year/$18.9 million qualifying offer that the Phillies extended to him last Sunday. It would be shocking – even by the standards of 2020 – if Realmuto accepted the qualifying offer.