Why is Alec Bohm not starting? Phillies going with new 3B tonight vs. Cubs
The Phillies are shaking things up a bit at third base.
Why is Alec Bohm not starting? Phillies going with new 3B tonight vs. Cubs originally appeared on The Sporting News .
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Entering the 2026 MLB season, the Philadelphia Phillies seemingly had an everyday option at multiple positions across the roster, third base included. Alec Bohm, normally, would start every day, or at least for most of the games this season.
But that's not the case, as he's sitting against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. There's a good reason for that. According to Tim Kelly of On Pattison , Rob Thomson wanted to get Edmundo Sosa into the lineup, not just for Tuesday's game, but for Wednesday's game as well.
Why is Alec Bohm sitting for Edmundo Sosa "Even with the Cubs set to start a righty tomorrow in Colin Rea, Edmundo Sosa will start at third, per Rob Thomson," Kelly reports. "He wants to get him some ABs before starting Wednesday against Shota Imanaga. Thomson was impressed with Alec Bohm's ABS tonight.