Going into Opening Day, the main talking point surrounding the Phillies was their starting lineup. Who will bat where? How can they optimize the offense? All the chatter about the lineup made people forget that Opening Day meant starts by both teams' aces.

In an alternate reality, Alec Bohm may not have been on the Phillies’ roster on opening day. If one of the calls the Phillies got inquiring about him this winter met their assessment of the third baseman’s trade value,

Alec Bohm and J.T. Realmuto drove four runs across with pivotal hits in the 10th to get the Phillies to an opening win.