Hitting machine Alec Bohm has to be NL Rookie of the Year favorite – NBCSports.com

And again, its not just the numbers. Its the quality of contact and the approach at the plate. Bohm utilizes the entire field. He strokes liners to the space in right-center as much as he songs up the middle or in between brief and third. He does not look like the kind of gamer who can be quickly moved versus. When Bohm struck a ball right to where the second baseman need to have been, that came up in Game 2. Heaven Jays moved a player who looks unshiftable and paid the rate. It will be interesting to see how teams defend Bohm moving forward.

Bohm has 28 line-drive hits this season. Lets provide that a little context. It is the most on the Phillies, despite Bohm not playing their very first 13 video games.

Its one less line-drive hit than Mike Trout has.

In Game 2, Bohm struck the game-winning single.

He does not just appear like an appealing novice, Alec Bohm legally looks like among the more unsafe players in the National League, currently, just 36 games into his big-league career.

Bohm has 28 hits this month, second-most in the majors, simply one hit behind Freddie Freeman.

Bohm had another multi-hit game Friday afternoon in the Phillies 7-0 win over heaven Jays. He went 2 for 3 with an RBI. Both hits were line drives– a genuine surprise..

This has looked a lot different than the hot starts by Domonic Brown or Rhys Hoskins

Sixto Sanchez will have a significant say in this but he enabled 5 runs in four innings Friday. His ERA rose to 2.75. Hes still pitched effectively in 4 of 6 starts.

Only 4 Phillies have ever won NL Rookie of the Year: Ryan Howard in 2005, Scott Rolen in 1997, Dick Allen in 1964 and pitcher Jack Sanford in 1957.

Bohm hasnt missed out on a beat since moving up from seventh or eighth in the Phillies lineup to 3rd or 4th. In seven video games batting in the middle of the order, hes gone 11 for 31 (.354) with two doubles and two homers.

Cronenworth has hit.310/.369/.531 this season.

Bohm has hit.326/.382/.496..

Bohm had another multi-hit video game Friday afternoon in the Phillies 7-0 win over the Blue Jays. Bohm has 28 line-drive hits this season. It is the most on the Phillies, in spite of Bohm not playing their very first 13 video games.

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That came up in Game 2 when Bohm struck a ball right to where the 2nd baseman need to have been. It will be intriguing to see how teams safeguard Bohm moving forward.

Hes got to be the NL Rookie of the Year frontrunner at this point. Padres infielder Jake Cronenworth had been pacing the class this season but has actually slumped the last 10 days, striking.192 as Bohm keeps raking.