The Angels announced that infielder/relief pitcher Kaleb Cowart has cleared waivers and been assigned outright to Triple-A Salt Lake, thus clearing a spot on the 40-man roster.
Cowart has bounced around the league a bit since the end of the 2018 campaign. The Mariners claimed him from the Angels back in December but lost him to the Tigers via a late-January waiver claim. A month later, the Angels claimed him back off waivers and brought him to big league camp. He’s now been reassigned to minor league camp.
Cowart, a first-round pick back in 2010, has never established himself as a credible bat at the Major League level, batting just .177/.241/.293 in 380 trips to the plate. The former top prospect has had his share of success in Triple-A (.298/.361/.469 in parts of four seasons), and he’s recently sought to improve his versatility by functioning as a two-way player. Each of the teams who has rostered Cowart since the end of the ’18 campaign has done so with a willingness to try him out as a two-way player, but that’s a tough experiment to conduct at the MLB level. And, given that Cowart is out of minor league options, exposing him to waivers was a necessity in order to allow him to work on that new role in Triple-A.
Damn kind of wishing someone else was willing to take a chance with him. Angels already know what they have in him and he will never meet their expections as a first round pick. TIME TO MOVE ON.
New manager, same results. I thought Mike Scioscia was the one holding back all of their prospects?
How is he holding anyone back? He was taken off the 40 man lol
Check the batteries in your sarcasm meter.
I’m glad he cleared waivers and will now have some time to work on his pitching. He’s a plus defender at most positions and with the 26 man roster next year may prove to be useful.
Walsh is a much better option as a two way player. Cowart should go play in Korea or China.
I’m not telling anyone where they should play. But I agree with you about Walsh.
Angels gonna have a full roster of two way players in a couple years lol
Low Risk/ High Reward situation here. Go figure out pitching and perhaps he can add some value to the pen down the road. Dudes a good guy, I hope getting back to pitching reignites his career.
A good guy? Oh you know him personally?
Lmao
What’s your problem dude? He IS a Great guy and I know him personally.. So many haters out there.
Not necessarily. Cowart is a plus defender at multiple infield positions. Walsh is a 1b/OF. There is a real value in having a player who can pitch an inning or two in relief and stay in as a defensive replacement, which Cowart is better qualified for
No, very few players can pitch and play a position. This is not little league the hitters will eat Cowart up just like the pitchers did when he swung the bat. If he was that good he would be on the team. Time to quit playing around and let him go so he can become another wasted draft pickBrandon Wood.
I love the outrage at the idea that the Angels have retained a player who is already an accomplished defender at 3B, 2B, and 1B, has upside potential as a RP, isn’t on the 40-man roster, and costs AAA money.
As always, this site continues to explain why so many have no chance of working in a MLB front office.
Pipe Dream. Jack of all trades , master of nine. He’s just not good enough.
Was that pun intended. Kind a funny typo “master of nine.”
I 100% agree with geokaplan.