![]() Instead, he accepted a scholarship offer to play college baseball for the Wichita State Shockers. Bohm wished to remain in Nebraska for college, but was not recruited by the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Part of the problem was a growth spurt during Bohm's senior year of high school, which left him "in that awkward stage", as high school coach Jake Hoover referred to it, when baseball scouts came to visit. ĭespite being rated by the Perfect Game baseball scouting service as the number one baseball player from the state of Nebraska, no Major League Baseball (MLB) team selected Bohm in the 2015 MLB Draft. In 2015, the summer after his senior year of high school, Bohm both won the Connie Mack World Series Home Run Derby and tied for fourth place at the Triple-A Home Run Derby in Werner Park. 526, respectively, and he was named an All-Nebraska player by the Omaha World-Herald for both seasons. In high school, Bohm was a power hitter for the Roncalli Catholic baseball team in Omaha in his final two seasons, he boasted a batting average of. Following a strong rookie season, Bohm started the 2021 MLB season at third base with the Phillies, but a number of defensive errors and offensive struggles sent him back down to the minors that August.īohm was born on August 3, 1996, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Dan and Lisa Bohm. The Phillies recalled Bohm from that training site in August, and he finished out the season as the team's everyday third baseman. Bohm appeared in the All-Star Futures Game in 2019, and began the 2020 season at an alternate training site after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season. The Phillies planned to have him reach Class A in their farm system by the end of 2018, but a knee injury delayed that process. The Phillies selected Bohm third overall in the 2018 MLB draft, and he signed with the team that June. Outside of Wichita State, Bohm also played collegiate summer baseball in both the Coastal Plain League and the Cape Cod Baseball League. Bohm was offensively productive in his three years with the Shockers, maintaining a batting average of over. Instead, out of high school, he chose to play college baseball for the Wichita State Shockers. August 13, 2020, for the Philadelphia PhilliesĪlec Daniel Bohm (born August 3, 1996) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB).īorn and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, Bohm was a standout hitter for Roncalli Catholic High School, but was not selected in the 2015 MLB Draft. ![]()
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