Bowden is in the Low to Mid 90's with his fastball but his secondary pitches are alot better than Daniel Bard. Frankly the Sox were lucky to draft Bowden. He should have been a sure 1st round pick but only slipped because scouts came away from one his starts in high school with gun readings in the mid to high 80's. That was due to working with his father the previous day and due to that he slipped to Boston. Lucky us.