Bowden: Marlins Trade JT Realmuto to Phillies for Alfaro, Sanchez, Two Others

[lou]

A .406 .BABIP is absurd, but, as has been pointed out, it’s not all luck. His batted ball data indicates he hits the ball hard when he’s not striking out.

Sure but as someone mentioned above, even if that BABIP moves to .350-360 (assuming his profile suggests that), that's a big big drop for a guy who hit .262 last year and is .270 for his career. I'm setting my internal expectations low as a good RHP platoon side catcher, who will OPS .700+ versus righties and play great defense. A solid platoon partner who hits lefties and they are in business for awhile and can sit on Banfield and not have to strive for a catcher with a top 4 pick in 2019 draft, etc. Anything more is fantastic.

[tjfla]

However it goes just remember this

The Fish regarded Will Stewart, the trade’s third piece, as Philadelphia’s second-best pitching prospect, per Rosenthal, ahead of near-unanimous top-100 hurler Adonis Medina, righty Spencer Howard, who placed 52nd on Keith Law’s list, and lefty JoJo Romero (66th overall, per Law).

[Namaste]

Sixto is #17 on updated Fangraphs Top 100

He’s the 3rd highest ranked pitcher on the list.