* Michael Bowden *

[Jayhawk Bill]

there will be an adjustment period. Bowden seems like the kind of guy who needs a little bit of time before he hits his stride.

 

Yeah, like you said about Ian Kennedy.

 

Ummm...you did say that about Ian Kennedy, didn't you...ummm...never mind.

 

Well, sorry to have typed that. You might be right this time. :dunno:

[Rdsxmbnt]

5.0 IP, 2 hit, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K last night

[ksushi]

That's awesome news. Soon you should be hearing some more awesome news around here about this very guy. Hmmm

[Rdsxmbnt]

5.0 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 2 BB, 8 K tonight

[BoSox21]

is there a specific reason he never seems to go past 5 innings? some kind of pitch count or innings count?

[ORS]

He's at 104.1 IP over 19 starts for the season. That's 3 months into the season with about 2 months left. Figure another 10-12 starts at about 5 IP each, and he finishes with about 160+ IP with a little left for some September exposure to the MLB when rosters expand. This is what I'd do if he keeps up what he's done thus far.

[jacksonianmarch]

exactly ORS. He totalled 142IP last yr and going by the universal model (at least that is what it seems to be) you dont want to increase by more than 30IP at a clip. So his current pace allows him to be an option for a spot start in September if need be, but also allows him to have had an increase in IP. After this yr, the training wheels can likely come off. If he goes 170 this yr, then next yr he'd be on pace for 200, which is about as good as you could expect. The sox did this the right way. Stretch out the pitcher BEFORE he comes to the bigs.

[BoSox21]

Bowden has officially been promoted to Triple A Pawtucket according to WEEI and SoxProspects.com

[Mr Crunchy]

could be a september spark like bucholz was last summer

[BoSox21]

4.0 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K in Bowden's Triple A debut

[Rdsxmbnt]

6.0 IP, 6 hit, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

[BoSox21]

got spanked a little bit

 

5.2 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

[Rdsxmbnt]

His BABIP is extremely high right now, but the 13/0 K/BB is encouraging

[Boris]

Bowden done after 3 2/3. 7 h' date=' 5 r, 2 earned, 6 k, 1 bb.[/quote']

 

this guys a genius