J.T. Realmuto #10 of the Philadelphia Phillies (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
For star Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto, the ultimately driver for him to re-sign and continue donning red pinstripes was not setting a record contract for the catcher position. “To be honest, ‘moving the market’ wasn’t really always the most important thing to me,” he said during a Monday afternoon press conference.
Rather, the most important thing to the two-time All-Star — that always stuck in the back of his mind — were the fans.