Per multiple reports, Realmuto agreed to sign a three-year deal worth $45 million with the Phillies on Friday. The 34-year-old has spent the last seven seasons in Philadelphia and has made three All-Star teams, most recently in 2021.

The Phillies’ pursuit of Bo Bichette is starting to look like a real dilemma, because it may come at the expense of another trusted name: J. T.