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 litt

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