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Orioles Re-Sign Matt Bowman To Minor League Deal

By Darragh McDonald | December 20, 2024 at 1:06pm CDT

The Orioles have re-signed right-hander Matt Bowman to a minor league deal with an invite to big league spring training, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post. The righty will make $1.1MM if in the majors and will also have the chance to unlock incentives valued at $400K.

Bowman, 34 in May, just finished a nomadic season. He pitched for four clubs this year: the Twins, Diamondbacks, Mariners and Orioles, with Baltimore being his final stop. He signed a minor league deal with the O’s in August and was added to the roster shortly thereafter. He tossed 15 1/3 innings with Baltimore down the stretch, allowing 3.45 earned runs per nine. The O’s outrighted him off the roster at season’s end and Bowman elected free agency.

When combined with his other stops, he tallied 30 2/3 innings on the year with a 4.40 ERA, 18.2% strikeout rate, 9.8% walk rate and 44.1% ground ball rate. Keeping the ball on the ground has been Bowman’s best attribute in his career. Dating back to his 2016 debut, he has 216 big league innings with a 4.17 ERA. His 19% strikeout rate is a bit below average but his 8.3% walk rate is fine and he has kept the ball on the ground at a 54.6% clip.

The bulk of that came work from 2016 to 2019, before Bowman missed the 2020 to 2022 seasons due to injuries, with rehab from Tommy John surgery being the main culprit. He was healthy in 2023 but spent most of the year in Triple-A, getting into just three big league contests. As mentioned, he bounced around quite a bit this year but managed to get his largest chunk of big league work in quite a while.

He’ll give the O’s a bit of non-roster depth for their relief group. If he gets added to the roster at any point, he’ll make a salary a bit above league minimum, which will be $760K next year. He is out of options, which is part of the reason why he bounced around so much this past season. He has less than five years of service time, so he can theoretically be retained for 2026 via arbitration if he has a roster spot at season’s end.

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  1. King Floch

    10 months ago

    Solid depth guy and he was fairly successful in his brief time as an Oriole.

    Welcome back, Matt.

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    • cooperhill

      10 months ago

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      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        10 months ago

        Cooper nailed it!

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      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        10 months ago

        Cooper: speaks least, says most.

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    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      10 months ago

      Welcome back, Matt indeed. Now they just need to find Mr. Kotter

      Reply
  2. gr81t2

    10 months ago

    Not the “re-sign” news we’re looking for.

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    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      10 months ago

      Re-sign? More like resign. Amirite?

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      • cooperhill

        10 months ago

        The ultimate dumpster diver was DDDD of the Orioles.

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  3. cooperhill

    10 months ago

    Why? Another piece of garbage , dumpster dive. Come on, get serious.

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    • King Floch

      10 months ago

      He’s a depth guy that has ZERO chance of breaking camp with the big league team unless there are a ridiculous number of injuries in ST.

      Chill, dawg.

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      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        10 months ago

        ZERO chance. As in playoff series wins?

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      • Jbigz12

        10 months ago

        Has a chance to crack the pen as currently constructed for sure. Looks like the first candidate for a DFA of the season.

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    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      10 months ago

      You rang?

      Reply
      • cooperhill

        10 months ago

        Judge speaks!

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  4. spirit of truth

    10 months ago

    They let Coulombe (however you spell it) and Webb walk and resign this guy. Ah he cheaper then both of them, got it.

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    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      10 months ago

      More crabcake in Dundalk!

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    • drungohazewood

      10 months ago

      He has one other thing neither of those pitchers would have and that is options. Elias loves that flexibility. Also, He only surrendered runs in 3 of 14 appearances for the O’s and he’s a Marylander.

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      • cooperhill

        10 months ago

        RIP Hazewood.

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      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        10 months ago

        Cool, they save money on rent he can live with his grandmaman

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      • Lindy

        10 months ago

        He is out of options, which is part of the reason why he bounced around so much this past season. He has less than five years of service time

        lol

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  5. Dumpster Divin Theo

    10 months ago

    We are the champions, my friends

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  6. hoof hearted

    10 months ago

    Bowman- the new Jesse Chavez

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  7. Dmac13

    10 months ago

    With the orioles looking for piching why not make a inner division trade with NY. History has them making a lot of deals over the years. How about Ryan O’Hearn to NY for Marcus stroman a minor league pitcher around 25-30 system prospect and cash to pay some of stroman.. (3mill) yankees have depth can send a prospect for o hearn who can slot in and play 1b a position of need. Oriole still have 2 others to play 1b in mountcastle and urias

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