CLEARWATER, Fla. -- If all goes according to plan, it's not a stretch to think the Phillies could roll out the best infield in Major League Baseball this season -- particularly on the offensive side.

For what it’s worth, they wasted no time putting the league on notice on a day when three-fifths of that starting infield made their spring debuts.

J.T. Realmuto and Alec Bohm each homered in their first Grapefruit League at-bats, while Bryce Harper turned in an impressive all-around effort in Wednesday afternoon's 7-7 tie with the Braves at BayCare Ballpark.

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Realmuto battled Atlanta top prospect A.J. Smith-Shawver before sending the eighth pitch of the at-bat into the left-field bullpens for a first-inning homer. Harper, who made a sprawling stop to his right in the top of the first, followed with a rocket single into right field.

That set the table for Bohm, who had been sidelined this spring with neck spasms, to blast a two-run homer that left his bat at 102.1 mph and traveled a Statcast-projected 418 feet.

“They were great,” manager Rob Thomson said. “Bohm had really good at-bats. J.T. home run, hit another ball hard. Harper good at-bat first time up. A lot of good things out there.”

Realmuto flied out to the warning track in straightaway center in his second at-bat -- with the ball actually traveling a projected 13 feet farther than his homer. Harper, meanwhile, added another defensive gem when he snagged a 105.2 mph hot shot off the bat of Michael Harris II and promptly stepped on first before spinning and firing a perfect throw to complete a nifty 3-6 double play.

Bohm chipped in a double off the top of the right-field wall in the fifth to finish his two-hit day.

It's obviously only one game -- in Spring Training, no less -- but it's not hard to see why the Phillies are so optimistic about their infield group in 2024.

A perennial MVP candidate and one of the game's most-feared hitters at first base. One of the best all-around catchers in the Majors behind the plate. A third baseman coming off a career-best 20-homer, 97-RBI campaign despite constantly shifting defensive positions.

Now, factor in Trea Turner and Bryson Stott, who had the day off from game action, but spent time earlier in the day turning countless double plays together on the practice field. And while all of these guys were on the club last year, the specific 2024 alignment has very few reps.

The Phillies played only 23 regular-season games last year with Realmuto behind the plate, Harper at first, Stott at second, Turner at short and Bohm at third. And with Harper mixing in at DH and Bohm shuffling back and forth from first to third, the Phils never used that alignment for more than two consecutive games until rolling it out for all 13 postseason games.

That's not expected to be the case in 2024.

“It's just another year of a full group of guys who are playing together every day,” Bohm said. “Last year, it was a lot of -- aside from short and second -- a revolving door everywhere. Now, we get the comfort and repetition everywhere, so we can all move as one."

The benefits for Harper and Bohm are obvious.

Harper enters the season as the everyday first baseman after learning the position on the fly -- all while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery -- in the middle of last season. Bohm, meanwhile, is hoping to build off his career year now that he no longer needs to worry about shuffling back and forth across the diamond.

"This year, Bohm knows he's playing third base and Bryce knows he's playing first base," Stott said. "Knock on wood, it's going to stay that way all year, so just having that chemistry and everybody knows where each other likes to be now -- it's huge."

Keep in mind, Stott and Turner were also working together up the middle for the first time last season -- and they missed out on vital Spring Training reps with Turner away for the World Baseball Classic.

Now, factor in that Stott lost Rhys Hoskins on the right side of the infield in the final week of Spring Training, and suddenly both Stott and Turner were constantly needing to adjust to who was playing alongside them on any given night.

"It’ll be huge having that continuity,” Thomson said. “Having the continuity on the infield is really helpful, because they can really communicate, they know where each other is going to be and they know what each other is going to do.”