What Could a Deal for J.T. Realmuto Look Like?

The Mets and The Rest

The Mets have been the team most recently linked to Realmuto after Travis d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki fell to injury.

The only problem is, the Mets do not have a farm system that lines up to meet the Marlins’ needs. I have seen an article throwing around the notion that the Mets could eat Wei-Yin Chen‘s contract as a part of the return.

While getting Chen’s money off the books would be nice for a rebuilding Marlins team, Realmuto has the chance to get a major haul in return and should not be sold short.

For any deal to even be considered names like Andres Gimenez, Mark Vientos and young major leaguers, Dominic Smith and Brandon Nimmo must be talked about.

If the Marlins are trying to have a successful rebuild, they must get as much value for Realmuto as they possibly can.

While I highlighted four teams and potential deals between each, a lot will change between now and the time the Realmuto is potentially dealt. Teams that were not even mentioned in this article amy end up putting together the best package for Realmuto when it is all said and done.

There is still a lot of baseball to be played between now and the trade deadline. Teams will become more restless with their current catching issues which will lead to Realmuto’s price to be driven up.

The Marlins must hold out until they get a deal similar to the 2016 Lucroy trade. With control of Realmuto through 2020, the Fish are in no rush to trade their star backstop.

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