The Orioles have agreed to a minor league pact with right-handed reliever Matt Bowman, experiences Jon Heyman of the New York Put up. The ZS Sports activities consumer just lately opted out of a minor league cope with the Twins. Bowman’s deal in Baltimore pays him a prorated $1MM base wage and accommodates an upward mobility clause subsequent week (Aug. 22) and a straight opt-out clause on Aug. 28.
Baltimore might be Bowman’s fourth group of the season. He’s pitched in each the majors and minors for every of the Twins, D-backs and Mariners as properly in 2024. His massive league work features a 5.40 ERA in a small pattern of 15 innings, however he’s posted a superb 2.05 ERA with a 28.9% strikeout price and 6.6% stroll price in 30 2/3 innings on the Triple-A degree. Initially a Thirteenth-round select of Princeton by the 2012 Mets, Bowman has pitched 200 1/3 MLB frames throughout components of six seasons. He owns a profession 4.22 ERA, 18.8% strikeout price, 8.3% stroll price and 55.6% grounder price within the majors.
Bowman’s Orioles deal continues a dizzying string of transactions involving the journeyman righty this season. He initially signed a minor league cope with the Twins however was designated for task not lengthy after being chosen to the MLB roster and traded to the D-backs for money. Upon being designated for task in Arizona, he cleared waivers and elected free company, happening to ink a minor league cope with the Mariners. He was again within the majors shortly thereafter however designated for task a 3rd time. Bowman elected free company, re-signed with Seattle, triggered an opt-out just a few weeks later, then re-signed with Minnesota on a brand new minor league deal — solely to decide out of that minor league contract earlier this week.
The clauses in Bowman’s contract might result in additional motion within the two weeks forward. Subsequent week’s upward mobility clause would require the Orioles to gauge whether or not any of the opposite 29 golf equipment across the league is keen to place Bowman on the 40-man roster. In that case, the O’s would wish to both add him to their very own 40-man roster or facilitate a transfer sending Bowman to the group that’s keen to take action. His Aug. 28 out date would once more give the O’s 48 hours so as to add Bowman to the roster and, in the event that they select to not, give Bowman a quick window to signal with a brand new workforce earlier than Aug. 31 — the deadline for gamers to be eligible for his or her group’s postseason roster.
