Phillies non-Nick Castellanos All-Star named most likely player to be traded

Jon Conahan

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A lot of the talk for the Philadelphia Phillies in the early stages of the offseason has been centered around what they can get back for Nick Castellanos. 

Unfortunately, most reports have indicated that Castellanos doesn't have much trade value around Major League Baseball, so there could be some issues with that. 

Due to the obvious expectation of a Castellano still being traded or designated for assignment, Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report believes there’s another player who could be just as likely to get traded, and that's All-Star third baseman Alec Bohm. 

“Were we asking which player the Phillies would most like to trade away, there's little question it's Nick Castellanos, who is going to make about twice as much as Bohm in 2026 and who has been worth a grand total of 1.3 bWAR through the first 80 percent of his five-year, $100 million contract.

“However, the name of the game here is most likely, and Bohm falls right into the three-pronged sweet spot of: pricy enough that the team would consider moving him, affordable enough that several teams would be interested and replaceable with players already on the roster,” he wrote.

Alec Bohm is tough to evaluate

Throughout some of Bohm's time in Philadelphia, he's proven for the organization that he can be an above-average player. 

Unfortunately, in the second half of 2024 and now, he's been somewhat below average. He posts a decent batting average, and he isn’t a bad player by any means, but there's always a lot left to be desired for Bohm, especially in the power department.

If the Phillies are looking to upgrade at third base, he'd be an ideal player to move on from.

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