The Boston Red Sox were recently linked to free agent catcher J.T. Realmuto by Ken Rosenthal and Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic. However, not everyone’s having it. One MLB writer who doesn’t see the logic behind a potential Realmuto-Red Sox union is Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller, who gave the Realmuto rumor an 8.3 out of 10 “BS meter” ranking in new piece this week. “Why? Just…why?” Miller wrote of the Realmuto-Red Sox link. “The Red Sox have plenty of needs this offseason. First base and third base are big ones for sure. Arguably second base, too. Middle relief would be nice. One more back-of-the-rotation starter certainly wouldn’t hurt.” “What they don’t need, though, is another catcher,” Miller asserted. “Connor Wong and Carlos Narváez will cost them a combined sum of a little more than $2 million in 2026, and both are under team control through at least 2028. And though Wong had a rough go in 2025, they’ve already tendered him a contract and believe he can bounce back to the .280 hitter he was in 2024.” “And after increasing payroll considerably with the acquisition of Sonny Gray, can they honestly justify disregarding at least one of their actual needs to instead sign Realmuto to what would be an eight-figure salary as the third catcher on the roster?” Miller added. “Maybe it makes sense to get Realmuto’s right-handed bat into that lineup if he’s trying to make a late-career switch from catcher to first base? However, there’s been no indication that’s the motivation for their pursuit.” Story continues below advertisement In 2025, the three-time All-Star Realmuto logged 132 games behind the plate, blending veteran savvy with timely bursts of production that kept the team competitive into October. Realmuto’s bat settled into a .257/ .315/ .384/ .700 line across 550 plate appearances, yielding 12 homers and 52 RBI while swiping eight bags, modest totals that belied a scorching midseason stretch from June to August, where he slashed .313/.358/.460 with six long balls and a 128 wRC+. Defensively, his arm remained a weapon, topping charts in caught stealing, though framing woes persisted at -9 runs, the third-worst among qualifiers. Story continues below advertisement