There is an Alec Bohm issue, or so you say

PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 10: Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm #28 looks on during the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 10th, 2026 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA. (Photo by Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Phillies took another loss last night that probably should have been avoided. A hot start to the game where the first four batters all scored was followed up by more swings and misses than Disney live action remakes.

One of the bigger culprits of the game was Alec Bohm, whose struggles continued thirteen games into this season. It’s one of the things that I had asked this week about Bohm and others, where I asked you to vote which of the early season trends felt the most “real”. The results: It was closer than I had thought, but ultimately, this felt like the most obvious answer to the question.

One of the bigger quandries of the team’s player development system was how Bohm has not turned into a power hitter. Simply looking at him, the old school scout might say he’d “grow into his power” later on in his career, but as we have witnessed, he simply has not done so. This current cold streak is nothing we haven’t seen before, so we should be used to that.

What’s interesting is that the manager finally responded by pushing him down in the order, a necessary move for a team that hasn’t scored runs. The question becomes, when Bohm does finally start hitting, will he have power to go with it? Should we be expecting that power to be over the fence, home run power, or the usually gap to gap power we have come to expect from Bohm over the years?