In an alternate reality, Alec Bohm may not have been on the Phillies’ roster on opening day. If one of the calls the Phillies got inquiring about him this winter met their assessment of the third baseman’s trade value,

Harper and Schwarber hit first-pitch homers off Lucas Sims and Jose A. Ferrer in the sixth, with the only late-inning blip the two runs new reliever Jordan Romano squandered in the eighth inning, which he began with a walk and a hit batter.

Given how the 2024 season ended, Bohm needed to breathe. He found his refuge in Texas and constructed a bubble from the rest of the world.