While we know that Jeff Berry, J.T. Realmuto’s agent, reached out to Dave Dombrowski earlier this month to congratulate him on being hired as Philadelphia Phillies president of baseball operations, it remains murky on how far down the road the club may be in negotiations for the two-time All-Star catcher.
Last week, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported that the Phillies had “an offer on the table” for Realmuto. It wasn’t clear what the terms of that deal were, and whether said offer has existed since before Dombrowski and new general manager Sam Fuld were put into their current roles, but it represented some level of progress in what has seemingly been an extremely slow market.