The Washington Nationals have been trying to acquire Miami Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto for the best part of 12 months now. While that pursuit has been in vain up until this point, the front office shouldn’t give up just yet.
The fit between the two is about as perfect as it can get. The Nationals are still in desperate need of a catcher after they ranked fourth last in the majors, and second last in the National League in wRC+ from their catchers at 64. While they did do slightly better defensively as a collective group, their combined fWAR was just 0.