GM meetings takeaways: The J.T. Realmuto question, competition for Kyle Schwarber, and more

At the general managers’ meetings this week in Las Vegas, Dave Dombrowski reiterated that the Phillies’ priority is to re-sign Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto. If both return, the offseason will zig in one direction; if one or the other departs, it will zag in another.

But the Phillies are planning for contingencies, especially at catcher, where the free-agent alternatives are strikingly unappealing. If they don’t have Realmuto behind the plate, they will probably have to trade for his replacement.

Let’s dive into that and other observations from the GM meetings, because not everything that happened in Vegas stayed there.

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