The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded John Bowker to the Philadelphia Phillies, according to Jim Salisbury of CSN Philly. No word on the return, or if there is a return at all. The Phillies are expected to add Bowker to the 25-man roster. Since he was not on the 40-man roster, he didn’t have to go through waivers to be traded.
He was originally acquired in 2010 along with Joe Martinez in exchange for Javier Lopez. After hitting for a .235/.316/.294 lie in 17 at-bats this year, he was designated for assignment, and outrighted to AAA. He has since hit for a .308/.351/.487 line in 415 at-bats for Indianapolis, with 15 homers.
Our front office is retarded sometimes. Given the lack of power in our system and the fact that he’s never really been given a shot really ticks me off. For guys like him and Hague to not get a shot to perform, especially considering how our major league team has hit this season is atrocious, egregious and just plain stupid.
Think they’ll give the pirates a top ten prospect player in return??? 😉
Doubt Bowker would have returned to the Pirates in ’12. He’s getting another shot to prove he can play in the bigs. He’s a ‘tweener but might do well in the midst of a good line-up. Odd that his 2 shots at MLB have been with light hitting teams and now he goes to Philly. I wish him well and hope he hits a ton.
I always liked Bowker and thought he did a good job at pinch hitting. I would’ve rather have seen him come off the bench than X “auto out” Paul.
because we have so many players that can hit for power… why not let him compete for a spot in the OF/1B mix next season? are we trying to field a track team and have 7 or 8 guys on the field that can run olympic level 40’s but none that can hit the ball 400 feet?