Amid signs that the free-agent market is finally beginning to awaken from its two-month hibernation, the Phillies have made a new nine-figure offer to free-agent catcher J.T. Realmuto.
According to an industry source familiar with the negotiations, the offer was for five years and slightly north of $100 million, which is believed to be somewhere in the range of where the club stood last March, when negotiations screeched to a halt because of MLB’s COVID-19 transactions freeze.
The Phillies’ new president of baseball operations, Dave Dombrowski, declined comment to The Athletic on Friday, saying: “We continue to have interest in J.T. But from a negotiating standpoint, these are things that have to be kept private.”
However, Dombrowski did confirm an NBC Sports Philadelphia report that he met in person with Realmuto and his wife in Oklahoma late last month. Sources say the club then followed up with its latest offer in the last week or…
