Matt Bowman, 34, signed a minor-league contract with the Astros and was assigned to Triple-A Sugar Land. Bowman debuted in 2016 and posted a 4.02 ERA and 3.67 FIP across 183 big-league games before injuries sidelined him. He returned in 2023 for a brief Yankees stint and spent 2024 with multiple clubs before joining the Orioles, where he posted a 3.45 ERA and a 21.2% strikeout rate in 15 games. Bowman struggled in 2025 with a 6.20 ERA and 15.8% strikeout rate in 24 2/3 major-league innings while showing a 4.10 ERA and 21.8% strikeout rate in 26 1/3 Triple-A innings. He can be postseason-eligible if added to the 40-man roster before September 1.
Bowman, 34, made his big league debut in 2016 and spent four seasons with the Cardinals and Reds, posting a 4.02 ERA and 3.67 FIP in 183 games at the big league level before injuries sidelined him for several years. He returned to the majors in 2023 for a three-game stint as a member of the Yankees, and in 2024 he bounced between four clubs before finally settling in as a member of the Orioles in August of last year.
Bowman was briefly added back to the Baltimore's 40-man roster in March to prevent him from opting out of his deal, but was promptly outrighted to the minors on Opening Day only to be selected onto the roster once again on March 30. He was selected to the roster three more times over the course of the 2025 but struggled to a 6.20 ERA in 24 2/3 innings of work with a strikeout rate of just 15.8% in the majors.
Now, Bowman will try to carve out a role for himself in Houston. The right-hander will be eligible to join the Astros in the postseason if the club were to have interest in bringing him onto the 40-man roster because he was able to join the organization prior to September 1, at which point any new additions to the organization would not be eligible for the playoff roster.
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