I suppose it was never likely that Alec Bohm, the Phillies’ All Star third baseman who was in the midst of a career year before it all fell apart at the seams over the final two months of last season, was going to be playing somewhere else this spring.
For all the trade rumors surrounding the 28-year-old infielder this winter, it doesn’t appear as if team president Dave Dombrowski was actually close to dealing away a player the team selected third overall in the 2018 MLB Draft and developed into one of the top hot corner bats in the National League. And yet, the notion the Phils were open to dealing Bohm was real and, should a team have come calling with a player or package that made sense, it’s clear Dombrowski would have pulled the trigger.
So it was heartening to see Bohm play a starring role in Sunday’s 5-4 exhibition victory over the Orioles by bashing two home runs, both to the opposite field, in sun-splashed Clearwater.
🚨 Bohm Run 🚨 pic.twitter.com/83vaKMVPEG
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) March 2, 2025
A 2 dinger day for Bohmer! pic.twitter.com/Ozf8dId8wI
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) March 2, 2025
On the latest episode of Hittin’ Season, we discussed Bohm’s big day on Sunday, and just how much it means for him to be playing well this spring.
Bohm has played in just four games this spring and has three hits, with those two solo homers. Spring stats don’t mean much, but in this case, they are a little telling. After all, this is a player who was benched in Game 2 of last year’s NLDS because manager Rob Thomson believed he was bringing a negative energy to the field due to his struggles at the plate.
From the start of the season through August 20, Bohm hit .298 with a .352 on-base percentage with an OPS of .830. He had slugged 13 homers and a league-leading 43 doubles in 123 games. Then, it all came crashing down.
He went 5-for-31 in eight games August 21-29 before a wrist injury sidelined him for the first half of September. When he returned, he went through a horrendous slump, 8-for-47 (.170 AVG, .502 OPS) in his final 12 games.
Essentially, his stock dropped because of his last 20 games of the season, not including the postseason. Was that entirely fair? Probably not.
So in the early going of the spring, Bohm’s productive day on Sunday doesn’t necessarily mean he’s in line for another All Star campaign in 2025. But it does seem to indicate he’s put a rough offseason behind him.
