The situation made the Dodgers a sensible suitor for Realmuto, and they were rumored as such all winter. Realmuto has two years of team control remaining, making him at the very least a vastly overqualified stopgap until prospects Keiburt Ruiz and Will Smith were big-league ready. But the Marlins’ price was high from the start and, as evidenced by the deal they swung on Thursday, it remained lofty.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 08, 2019 00:45 UTC