Blockbuster Phillies-Astros Trade Idea Swaps Alec Bohm for Two-Time All-Star

The Houston Astros have a huge hole at third base with homegrown slugger Alex Bregman currently seeking his options in free agency. If general manager Dana Brown can’t re-sign the right-handed hitter, should he pivot and make a trade for Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm?

Bohm was an All-Star in 2024 while collecting 97 RBI with 44 doubles. However, he appears to be a likely trade candidate as Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski looks to shake the roster up this winter. Could they be the ones to land Bregman while simultaneously telling Bohm to head out of town?

That’s possible, as Philly has been linked to the 30-year-old recently. In his Winter Meetings primer, USA Today’s Bob Nightengale suggested the Phillies and Astros should get together and make a deal if Bregman doesn’t return to the only organization he’s ever played for.

“If the Astros lose Alex Bregman in free agency, you can be assured that Phillies president Dave Dombrowski will be immediately on the phone offering Bohm for Astros reliever Ryan Pressly – who’s being extensively shopped,” Nightengale wrote.

Pressly is a two-time All-Star and saw his role change in 2024 after being Houston’s primary closer from 2021-23. He lost that job to Josh Hader, who signed a $95 million deal last winter to anchor the Astros’ bullpen.

Acquiring Pressly would be a short-term solution for the Phillies, but it’d be a perfect move after losing Jeff Hoffman and Carlos Estévez to free agency. Pressly will make $14 million in 2025 before hitting the open market.

Phillies great Dick Allen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Allen, a seven-time All-Star and the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year with the Phillies, will be posthumously inducted next year.

Phillies great Dick Allen will be posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next year. The Classic Era Committee of the Hall elected him on Sunday during the sport’s Winter Meetings. It’s a long time coming for Allen, a seven-time All-Star who passed away in 2020.

Allen spent nine years across two separate stints of his career with the Phillies. He was the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year with the Fightins. He led the NL in slugging percentage and OPS in 1966 in Philly, finishing fourth in NL MVP voting. He led the league in on-base percentage and OPS in 1967, too.

Allen went on to massive success with the Chicago White Sox as well, winning American League MVP honors in 1972.

Allen was first on the traditional Baseball Writers Association of America Hall of Fame ballot in 1983. His last year on the ballot was 1997, never crossing the 75 percent voter threshold at any point necessary for induction. Among the various committees that have been in place over the years to enshrine older ballplayers from previous eras, Allen did not make the cut until the Classic Era Committee this year when he received 13 out of 16 possible votes.