The Dodgers need a catcher for 2019, the Marlins are trying to sell their best asset left which is J.T. Realmuto so naturally there is a great fit. Last week it was reported that the Marlins asking price was a cornerstone player like Cody Bellinger and an additional prospect or two. The asking price seemed high then and it is even higher now after the Yankees acquired ace lefty James Paxton on Monday.
The Mariners got the Yankees’ number one prospect in Justus Sheffield (31st overall in MLB), the Yankees’ 22nd ranked prospect in Erik Swanson and an unranked prospect in outfielder Dom Thompson-Williams.