If a recent insider report is any indication, the Philadelphia Phillies could look mightily different by the time the 2025 MLB season kicks off.

The Athletic's Matt Gelb reported that the team continues to dangle Alec Bohm and Ranger Suárez in trade talks. Nick Castellanos is also available, but the team recognizes that it would have to pay $40 million of his remaining deal.

Bohm received considerable criticism for his sub-par second-half play that ultimately landed him on the bench for the NLDS series against the New York Mets. In four games and 14 plate appearances in the 2024 playoffs, the third baseman tallied just one hit and a batting average of 0.77.

Still, despite his late-season slump, Bohm was good for three wins above replacement and the second-best on-base percentage, batting average, and slugging percentage of his career, while finishing tied for his most RBI with 97. 2024 also saw Bohm make his first All-Star Game and finish as a semifinalist in the Home Run Derby.

Bohm's issue may be in the dugout. AJ Pierzynski revealed on Foul Territory that the four-year player needs to mature as an adult and that his benching may not have been completely play-related.

Suárez began the season as one of the best pitchers in baseball but struggled down the stretch, finishing the year with a 3.46 ERA, a WHIP of 1.201, and 3.54 strikeouts per walk. Still, he, like Bohm, was an All-Star.

Castellanos played in all 162 games, hit 23 home runs, drove in 86 RBI, and slashed to the tune of .254/.311/.431. It was a down season compared to what he accomplished in 2023, but things turned ugly in the postseason when the notoriously picky Philly fans booed him.

None of the three lived up to expectations in 2024 but that is not cause for trading them away for replacements in hopes that those players can perform up to the level of the players who have been instrumental to the team's playoff runs in recent years.

Bohm is a steady hitter, Suárez is a starter on 30 of 30 MLB teams, and Castellanos brings a swagger, confidence, and attitude that helped define the Phillies during their World Series run in 2022.

Without any certainty that they can find players who will do for the team what those athletes have, trading them away because of a single down season is hardly akin to playing winning baseball in the front office.

Does the team need upgrades at key positions? Absolutely. Philly needs a starter and an outfielder. With several quality starters available and Anthony Santander right there for the taking, the team can easily accomplish both of those needs, while holding onto foundational pieces.

Does it need a complete overhaul, with the replacement of contributing players? No, and it should not execute the trades that result in needing three starting players in three key positions.

Especially with Trea Turner not exactly living up to expectations to this point in hs run with the organization.