The Miami Marlins front office spoke to Giancarlo Stanton about their desire to rebuild earlier this offseason, and he ultimately agreed to waive his no-trade clause. Now, J.T. Realmuto is seeing the beginning of it and prefers to play elsewhere, too, according to Sirius XM’s Craig Mish:
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic confirmed that report later Monday morning.
The catcher is coming off a breakout year at age 26. He batted .278/.332/.451 (105 wRC+) in 141 games, establishing new career highs in home runs (17), runs batted in (68), Wins Above Replacement (3.