MIAMI — Last week before the Phillies left for Toronto, catcher J.T. Realmuto shared his reasons for why he wouldn’t get vaccinated so he could enter Canada, where vaccination against the coronavirus is a requirement. Realmuto was one of four Phillies players who were placed on the restricted list ahead of the Blue Jays series because they were not vaccinated.
Realmuto’s comments were polarizing, but one comment in particular stuck out. He said that the salary he would be forfeiting by missing the two games in Canada — which amounted to approximately $260,000 — was “a little bit of money.”
“I’m not going to let Canada tell me what I do and don’t put in my body for a little bit of money,” Realmuto said on Monday. “It’s just not worth it.”
