When the Phillies acquired J.T Realmuto in February 2019, the best catcher in baseball, as declared by former general manager Matt Klentak, said in his introductory press conference that there were a lot of areas of his game that he wants to improve. He mentioned that he wanted to cultivate trust with his pitchers. That eventually came with time but from an individual standpoint, Realmuto went to work on the one aspect of his game that wasn’t on par with the rest of his elite skillset: his pitch framing abilities.
The hidden value in J.T. Realmuto lies within his improved pitch framing abilities
