With J.T. Realmuto aging, club might have to assess catching position this offseason
October 14, 2024
With J.T. Realmuto aging, club might have to assess catching position this offseason
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Not hard to reassess. He was mid af by the time he came back. Bring up my boy Marchan.
Where’s my baby Marchan?
I haven’t looked at the stats, but the sense that I had all season is that Realmuto was still well above average as a catcher — but admittedly not his former elite self. So, I wonder if it’s premature to be holding serious discussions about replacing him this offseason.
I love JT but he’s over the hill and is on pace to regress in a nasty fashion. I think it is time to move forward.
I don’t know what Marchan projects as but he seemed to be competent in his short stint in the bigs this year.
Marshan bb where u @
JT only has a year left on his deal so they don’t need to do much this off-season. All they need is a better backup or bring up Marchan and have JT sit a few more games.
Next year is the year to actually look at what they want to do at the position
they need to do what the 6rs do with embiid and load manage, catch less days a week…. have him hit off the bench
Marchan and Tait my catchers next year
JT had a 109 OPS+ this year. Wheeler clearly prefers throwing to him than anyone. You keep JT around this year, and hopefully a few more after at a lower cost.
He just needs to catch fewer innings. The wear and tear on his body is surely catching up to him. That’s why we need a better backup than Stubbs.
JT has only one year left and was still good last year even if it wasnt as good as he usually is. He will still be the starter next year and thats not necessarily a bad thing. My guess is they sign a veteran backup to compete with Marchan for the backup next year and JT plays less games than normal. 2026 will either be a catcher trade or a catcher signing (including possibly resigning JT if he bounces back) with Marchan hopefully proving to be a solid option for a backup catcher.
Damn, didn’t realize he was aging, but I checked online and it’s true. Last year he said he was 32, but this year, his player profile says he’s 33.
On top of everything else that’s being mentioned, his career postseason stat line is .216/.295/.400 and man, I am tired of having so many guys who significantly regress come playoff time
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Not hard to reassess. He was mid af by the time he came back. Bring up my boy Marchan.
Where’s my baby Marchan?
I haven’t looked at the stats, but the sense that I had all season is that Realmuto was still well above average as a catcher — but admittedly not his former elite self. So, I wonder if it’s premature to be holding serious discussions about replacing him this offseason.
I love JT but he’s over the hill and is on pace to regress in a nasty fashion. I think it is time to move forward.
I don’t know what Marchan projects as but he seemed to be competent in his short stint in the bigs this year.
Marshan bb where u @
JT only has a year left on his deal so they don’t need to do much this off-season. All they need is a better backup or bring up Marchan and have JT sit a few more games.
Next year is the year to actually look at what they want to do at the position
they need to do what the 6rs do with embiid and load manage, catch less days a week…. have him hit off the bench
Marchan and Tait my catchers next year
JT had a 109 OPS+ this year. Wheeler clearly prefers throwing to him than anyone. You keep JT around this year, and hopefully a few more after at a lower cost.
He just needs to catch fewer innings. The wear and tear on his body is surely catching up to him. That’s why we need a better backup than Stubbs.
JT has only one year left and was still good last year even if it wasnt as good as he usually is. He will still be the starter next year and thats not necessarily a bad thing. My guess is they sign a veteran backup to compete with Marchan for the backup next year and JT plays less games than normal. 2026 will either be a catcher trade or a catcher signing (including possibly resigning JT if he bounces back) with Marchan hopefully proving to be a solid option for a backup catcher.
Damn, didn’t realize he was aging, but I checked online and it’s true. Last year he said he was 32, but this year, his player profile says he’s 33.
On top of everything else that’s being mentioned, his career postseason stat line is .216/.295/.400 and man, I am tired of having so many guys who significantly regress come playoff time