Continuing our series of report cards for the Philadelphia Phillies’ positional groups, now we come to the infield. A lot of money was (and will continue to be) tied up in this collection of players, and unfortunately for the Phils there was more bad than good in 2026. Let’s see how each player did and give each one a grade.
Bryce Harper: A-
We don’t need to spend too much time on Bryce Harper, seeing as the future Hall of Famer was already written up in our outfield rundown. It will suffice to say the 34-year-old (happy belated birthday!) challenged president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski’s infamous “not elite” challenge head-on. He didn't exactly prove him wrong, but he didn't prove him right either. Harper had a good year, slashing .269/.380/.485 and playing in all 162 games. The Phillies had plenty of problems up and down the lineup, but he was not one of them.
Edmundo Sosa: C-
Utilityman Edmundo Sosa is another one who doesn’t need much of an explanation here due to his inclusion on the outfield report card. He had a down 2026 season, but was still useful as a super utility man throughout the season. It's a shame Sosa had his worst season since 2022 just before he hit free agency. Perhaps the Phillies will be able to re-sign him more cheaply.
Alec Bohm: D+
Credit where credit is due: longtime punching bag Alec Bohm did an excellent job pulling out of a brutal tailspin and becoming one of the club’s few capable hitters near the end of the season. That said, he still had a rough 2026 campaign.
The 2018 third-overall pick never blossomed into the middle-of-the-order difference-maker the Phillies envisioned eight years ago, but he has proven to be a perfectly acceptable corner-infield option over the years. Coming into 2026, Bohm had a career .279/.328/.415 slash line. He fell short of that pace this past season, slashing just .249/.315/.383 with 45 extra-base hits.
Pair that well-below-average offensive production with bottom-of-the-barrel defensive work, and it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Bohm posted negative rWAR.
The Phillies' infield had some high highs and some low lows in 2026
Kyle Schwarber: A-
Kyle Schwarber is somewhat of a man without a home in this series of articles, as he spent all but 10 of his games this season at designated hitter, a position that won’t get its own entry. However, of the 10 games Schwarber did play in the field, he spent two in left field and eight at first base. That, coupled with Dombrowski's publicly stated desire to have Schwarber handle around 30 games at the cold corner next season, is enough to place him in the infield group for this exercise.
Schwarber may have stepped back from his MVP runner-up 2025 campaign, but the four-time All-Star was still his predictably fantastic self. In 701 trips to the plate, Schwarber posted an .857 OPS and swatted 45 home runs, leading MLB in the latter category. Phillies hitters beyond Harper and Schwarber struggled mightily, and both should continue to drive the offense moving forward.
Trea Turner: F
This might be the most predictable failing grade of them all. $300 million shortstop Trea Turner killed the Phillies on both sides of the ball all season, and things got so bad that, in Dombrowski’s year-end press conference, he publicly called out Turner’s awful performance.
The 33-year-old’s .675 OPS was a career worst (aside from a 27-game cup of coffee back in 2015), as were his -10 outs above average as measured by Statcast. Turner has the talent to turn things around, and since he’s under contract for seven more seasons at a shade over $27 million apiece, the Phillies better pray he does so.
Bryson Stott: B-
Bryson Stott is a rather confounding player in that he has shown flashes of offensive brilliance on multiple occasions, but ultimately has failed to put together a truly excellent season across five big league campaigns. His glovework remains beyond reproach, and in light of the wretched production the Phils received from the rest of their lineup, he was arguably their third-best hitter, but he still hasn’t become the star that evaluators believed he could be.
Stott deserves a lot of credit for making a mid-season transition from second to third base to accommodate deadline acquisition Luis Arraez, and he handled the displacement with aplomb. Stott's greatest value comes from his positional versatility, and he should be a very important piece of the 2027 Phillies.
However, Stott has been a bit frustrating to watch at the plate. He saw loads of pitches (4.14 per plate appearance, good for 21st in all of baseball this past year) and walked a career-high 62 times in 155 games. That said, he’s failed to develop a meaningful amount of pop (just 10 homers), and his .256 batting average doesn't account for that lack of power. Having just turned 29 years old, it wouldn’t be shocking to see Stott take another step in 2027 with a new hitting coach. He’d set himself up for a nice payday in his first taste of free agency next winter.
Luis Arraez: D
Oh, what could have been!
The Phillies acquired the three-time batting champion at the trade deadline, but unfortunately the contact king bottomed out in his two-month stretch wearing red pinstripes. Dombrowski and company rearranged their defensive alignment to accommodate the second baseman and were repaid with a punchless .278/.309/.369 slash across 46 games.
Worse yet, Arraez went down with an ankle injury in the last week of the season and didn’t see any action in the Wild Card Series. He’ll hit free agency in a few weeks and there’s a good chance the Phils don’t bring him back.
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