The Miami Marlins made a surprising move yesterday when they designated catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia for assignment. The team did so immediately after reinstating Saltalamacchia from the paternity list (congratulations, by the way, here are your release papers!). The club is apparently all set to move on to the J.T. Realmuto era, just a year and change into Saltalamacchia's three-year, $21 million deal.
Indeed, Saltalamacchia had a mediocre season last year, batting just .220/.320/.362 (.304 wOBA) last season and had a below-average campaign defensively. It was not a great start to his Marlins career, and it was not helped by the fact that he had a bad year framing pitches as well.