Los Angeles Dodgers: J.T. Realmuto’s two bad traits should prevent trade

2. J.T. Realmuto gets ice cold late in the season

One of the biggest gripes with Yasmani Grandal offensively is how inconsistent he was at the plate. While the stats say that he is one of the best offensive catchers in baseball, Dodger fans know that at times, he looked completely lost at the plate.

Grandal was either extremely hot or extremely cold, there was no in between. Typically, those hot streaks were at the beginning of the year and in the summer. The cold streaks came at the worst time possible: at the end of the season and in the postseason.

That is why Austin Barnes has captured the starting catching job from Grandal in each of the last two postseasons. Grandal has a career .107 batting average with a 38 percent strikeout rate in the postseason.

Realmuto has the same inconsistency as Grandal. In his career, Realmuto turns from a .320 hitter in July to a .216 hitter in August. To be fair, he does have a .282 batting average in September and October, however, he did hit .229 in those months last season.

While that does not necessarily guarantee that Realmuto will get ice cold and struggle in the playoffs, it is a concerning trend that makes Yasmani Grandal not worth paying the big bucks for. Why should the Dodgers send a hefty trade package for a player with the same traits?

They shouldn’t.