Matthew Bowman

Bats R Throws R6'0" 185 lbBorn 1991 Chevy Chase, USADebut 2016Team BALDraft 2012 R13 #410 New York Mets, Princeton

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	134	18.6	7.5	3.04	20.1	6.34	101.7
2027							102.1
2028							102.1

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 97 PITCH+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Jason Motte	2016	107.4	105.6	166
2	Tony Sipp	2018	101.7	114.1	92
3	Adam Kolarek	2023	104.6	did not play
4	Brad Lidge	2011	106.1	63.6	51
5	Cole Sulser	2024	105.7	114.1	90
6	Craig Breslow	2015	103.9	80.5	63
7	Nate Jones	2020	106.8	84.6	87
8	Kevin Gregg	2012	102.2	103.4	269
9	Brad Brach	2020	105.1	93.4	139
10	Jason Frasor	2012	105.9	114.5	200

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	BAL	20	0	0
2024	BAL	25	0	0
2023	NYY	3	0	0
2019	CIN	27	1	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.6
2018	STL	22	1	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-121.7
2017	STL	76	1	0
2016	STL	59	2	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-124.0
Career		232	5	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-121.8

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									134				102.1
2026*									0
2025	BAL	0	1	6.20	20	0	0	24.7	114	4	6	18	85.8	106.8	92.6
2024	BAL	1	0	4.40	25	1	0	30.7	132	5	13	24	99.2	101.0	100.2
2023	NYY	0	0	9.00	3	0	0	4.0	20	1	2	3	77.0	76.5	53.5
2019	CIN	2	0	3.66	27	0	0	32.0	137	2	13	25	115.7	111.5	127.2
2018	STL	0	2	6.26	22	0	0	23.0	109	4	11	26	79.4	100.4	79.9
2017	STL	3	6	3.99	75	0	2	58.7	247	4	18	46	110.7	103.7	114.4
2016	STL	2	5	3.46	59	0	0	67.7	281	4	20	52	113.2	105.8	119.0
Career		8	14	4.38	231	1	2	240.7	1040	24	83	194	103.9		108.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA
2019	1	102.1	-3.1	0.0	100.0	0.0	50.0	0.347	0.390	0.319
2018	1	92.3	-2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.347	0.412	0.339
2017	1				0.0	0.0		0.000	0.000	0.000
2016	2				0.0	20.0	75.0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BAL	P	20	25	1	4	0	0	1.000	+0.9
2024	BAL	P	25	31	5	2	0	0	1.000	+0.2
2023	NYY	P	3	4	0	0	0	0		-0.6
2019	CIN	P	27	32	2	8	1	0	0.909	+1.9
2018	STL	P	22	23	1	8	1	0	0.900	+0.1
2017	STL	P	75	59	5	14	1	0	0.950	+1.1
2016	STL	P	59	68	6	17	2	3	0.920	+2.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2015	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Bat	32	0 HR, 0 SB	0.129	0.285
2026	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Pit	38	8.2 IP, 24% K	10.98
2026	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Pit	172	40.1 IP, 24% K	3.14
2026	AAA	nan	Pit	210	49.0 IP, 24% K	4.41
2025	AAA	Norfolk Tides	Pit	110	26.1 IP, 22% K	4.14
2025	AAA	Sugar Land Space Cowboys	Pit	44	10.1 IP, 25% K	3.56
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	154	36.2 IP, 23% K	3.98
2024	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pit	41	10.0 IP, 27% K	3.60
2024	AAA	St. Paul Saints	Pit	80	20.2 IP, 30% K	1.34
2024	AAA	nan	Pit	131	33.2 IP, 31% K	1.90
2023	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	257	58.2 IP, 23% K	4.02
2019	AAA	Louisville Bats	Pit	156	39.0 IP, 22% K	2.08
2018	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	Pit	100	23.0 IP, 30% K	4.30
2015	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	643	140.0 IP, 12% K	5.53
2014	AA	Binghamton Mets	Pit	417	98.1 IP, 22% K	3.12
2014	AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pit	153	36.1 IP, 21% K	3.49
2013	A+	St. Lucie Mets	Pit	398	96.1 IP, 23% K	3.18
2013	A	Savannah Sand Gnats	Pit	124	30.2 IP, 21% K	2.68

Splits

Year	Home	Away
2019	0.000
2018		0.000
2016	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	STL	$507,500

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.