Overview
- The Phillies have a video meeting scheduled with Bo Bichette in the coming days, with one report placing it on Monday.
- Team officials view a deal as possible but a long shot given cost and competition from other large-market suitors.
- Signing Bichette would likely require moving on from free-agent catcher J.T. Realmuto and trading third baseman Alec Bohm to manage payroll.
- Philadelphia already projects above MLB’s fourth luxury-tax threshold, where every dollar over the line is taxed at 110 percent.
- The infield fit under discussion would place Bichette at second base and shift Bryson Stott to third, though Bichette has limited experience off shortstop; catching help such as Victor Caratini is expected to be targeted if Realmuto departs.