Whatever you think of the tenures that Matt Klentak and Andy MacPhail had at the forefront of baseball operations for the Philadelphia Phillies, they did a good job of anticipating what the free-agent market for J.T. Realmuto would lead to.
Sure, a global pandemic may have affected Realmuto’s market. The Phillies may have also gotten lucky that teams like the New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays elected to go in other directions with their money this winter, but that was part of the gamble that they made in letting Realmuto reach the free-agent market.