Ben Bowden
Benjamin Douglas Bowden is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization.Amateur career
Benjamin Douglas Bowden was born on October 21, 1994, in Lynn, Massachusetts. He attended Lynn English High School, where he played for the school's baseball and basketball teams. As a senior, Bowden was named the state's high school baseball player of the year.
After high school, he enrolled at Vanderbilt University where he played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. After his sophomore season in 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he posted a 0.30 earned run average with 43 strikeouts over 30 innings pitched, helped lead the Red Sox to the league championship, and was named playoff co-MVP.Professional career
The Colorado Rockies selected Bowden with the 45th overall selection of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. Bowden agreed to a $1.6 million signing bonus with the Rockies, and made his professional debut with the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League. Bowden spent all 2016 with Asheville where he posted an 0–1 record with 3.04 ERA in 26 games. He did not pitch in 2017 due to injury. He began the 2018 season with Asheville and was promoted at midseason to the Lancaster JetHawks of the Class A-Advanced California League.
Bowden opened the 2019 season with the Hartford Yard Goats of the Class AA Eastern League, and served as Hartford's closer, before being promoted to the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on June 20. Bowden was named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game. The Rockies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2019 season.
