JT Realmuto took a shot during Wednesday’s game that was bad enough to make any man’s stomach turn.
The Philadelphia Phillies catcher was behind the plate for the team’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto, O.N. During the bottom of the ninth inning with the score tied at 1-1, Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette was up to bat and promptly delivered an unintentional (but no less forgiving) shot to Realmuto’s nuts.
Bichette barely nicked a 94-mph fastball offering from Philadelphia’s Jordan Romano, sending the baseball straight into Realmuto’s family jewels. Here is the video of the play.
Here is the play where JT Realmuto got hurt, it is very disturbing pic.twitter.com/UknUWghtvq
— Philly sports complex (@philly_complex) June 5, 2025
The cup probably wasn’t very much help there for the three-time All-Star Realmuto. That was a textbook definition of a direct hit.
Realmuto immediately had to leave the game and could barely walk as he made his way off the field. He was replaced at catcher by Rafael Marchan, who finished the rest of Bichette’s at-bat (as well as the rest of the game).
To add insult to Realmuto’s (literal) injury, the Blue Jays went on to win via walkoff just three batters later. While Bichette ended up fouling out, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. followed with a single, stole second base, and scored the winning run on a two-out single by Alejandro Kirk.
Alejandro Kirk comes up clutch for the @BlueJays and walks it off! pic.twitter.com/2WV1rMLoB6
— MLB (@MLB) June 5, 2025
Meanwhile, Realmuto, who is in his 12th MLB season, is no stranger to these kinds of painful moments. But that one on Wednesday had to be the worst nut shot that we have seen to a catcher since the one that Gary Sanchez took several years ago.
