In 2024, Alec Bohm put together the best season of his career, made the All-Star Game, and then struggled in the second half. He was benched in game two of the National League Division Series against the New York Mets and faced dozens of different trade rumors throughout the winter.
Given Dave Dombrowski’s history of being bold, it was easy to believe Bohm would get moved. It wasn’t just local fans believing it that off-season either.
After all of that, nothing materialized and Bohm was the everyday Phillies third baseman in 2025. How did his season go?
2025 Stats
504 PAs, .287/.331/.409, 11 HRs, 59 RBIs, 16.3% K%, 5.8% BB%, 105 wRC+, 1.7 fWAR
What went right
While Bohm regressed in almost every meaningful way last year (and we will get into that later), he still played in 120 games, got 504 PAs, hit over .280, and moved past everything that happened in the off-season.
After a disastrous April, Bohm did have an OPS over .800 the rest of the way and wasn’t a total disaster at third base. He was also one of their best hitters against the Dodgers in the NLDS for whatever it’s worth.
At the end of the day, 2025 Alec Bohm told everyone that 2024 Alec Bohm was likely a mirage but he is still a starting caliber player. There are no questions about platooning him, changing positions, or subbing him out late in games. He is functional even if he’s not a difference maker.
What went wrong
In almost every meaningful way, Bohm regressed from his 2024 season. Sure, his batting average went up by seven points but his slugging went down 39 points, his isolated power was its worst since 2022, he struck out a tick more and walked less. Unlike 2022 or 2023, Bohm did not put up his typical projected numbers, which leads to further questions about what to project for 2026.
Bohm’s swing and batted ball direction wasn’t normal from the past. He put together his best season in 2024 because of a bigger emphasis on pulling the baseball and avoiding center field.
On all batted balls in 2024, Bohm pulled 34.2% of them and went to the opposite field on 28.3%. In 2025, his pull rate went down 6.9% and he went down 3% going the other way. In turn, Bohm hit more balls up the middle, places that carry way better defenders than the corners.
He also did not pull the ball in the air enough. After a 12% pull air rate in 2024, it decreased to 7.7% in 2025. All of that should explain the lack of power he possessed and why he wasn’t the reliable cleanup hitter he was a year ago.
Defensively, Bohm also saw regression as a player, albeit not as drastic compared to his offense. He posted five outs above average and 0 defensive runs saved in 2024. In 2025, Bohm did not regress to his past self but did not fully live up to his new reputation. He had -2 outs above average and negative three runs saved.
The future with the Phillies
All of this leads back to one key question with Bohm: what exactly happens now? MLB Trade Rumors projects Bohm to make $10.3 million for next season. Is he a non-tender candidate? Probably not but anything beyond that is far from a guarantee.
With the chance of Kyle Schwarber and JT Realmuto leaving as free agents, it might benefit the Phillies to explore potential Bohm trades to help create a more balanced lineup to make up for the production they’re losing. If they manage to keep Schwarber and JT Realmuto, maybe they should still explore Bohm trades to shake things up again or to get value back before he leaves as a free agent the following season.
Maybe this will be the second straight off-season of the same song and dance. There are dozens of rumors but the Phillies value him too highly in a trade and he stays put. Or maybe they think Aidan Miller has a chance to appear in big league games next season and want a clearer path for him. Who knows.
