Cincinnati Reds select Cooper Bowman in the Rule 5 Draft

The Cincinnati Reds made a choose on this 12 months’s Rule 5 draft, choosing Cooper Bowman from the Sacramento (?) Athletics. The membership handed on their 2nd choose, ending their drafting skill. Solely Atlanta made a 2nd spherical choice they usually handed after that. Cincinnati misplaced nobody within the Main League Baseball section of the draft.

Cooper Bowman was a 4th spherical choose by the New York Yankees again in 2021 out of Louisville. In a enjoyable accident, Bowman was acquired by Oakland on the commerce deadline in 2022 when the Yankees traded for Frankie Montas as part of a 6-player deal.

Through the 2024 season he started the 12 months in Double-A with Midland within the Texas League. He would play in 80 video games there and hit .281/.378/.467 with 18 doubles, two triples, 12 residence runs, and he went 35-for-40 in stolen base makes an attempt. That earned him a promotion to Triple-A on the ultimate day of July.

After he arrived in Las Vegas and the Pacific Coast League, issues didn’t go properly. The 24-year-old struggled to get something going on the plate. He performed in 38 video games for Las Vegas and hit simply .218/.284/.308 with eight doubles, two triples, and no residence runs. Bowman did go 8-for-9 in steals, giving him 43 of them on the season between his two years. Between his two stops he performed in 118 video games and hit a mixed .262/.351/.419 with 58 walks and 112 strikeouts in 523 plate appearances.

You may see the profession stats for Cooper Bowman right here.

In Baseball America’s midseason replace Cooper Bowman was ranked because the Athletics twenty second prospect. He’s a robust athlete with plus-plus pace. He’s obtained an opportunity to be an every single day participant if he can hit a bit bit extra like he did in Double-A than he did in Triple-A. With that mentioned, he probably profiles extra as a utility participant who can play second base and within the outfield as a backup choice who may also present you loads of worth on the bases off of the bench.

The principles with the Rule 5 draft imply that Cooper Bowman should stay on the Reds 26-man roster for everything of the 2025 season or be supplied again to the Athletics.

The MiLB Rule 5 Draft

There’s additionally a minor league section of the Rule 5 draft and the foundations there are a lot simpler. If a participant is chosen then that participant is now with their new group and there aren’t any restrictions on the place that participant will be assigned inside the group.

Cincinnati chosen left-handed pitcher Joel Valdez from the New York Yankees within the 1st spherical of this portion of the draft. The 24-year-old reliever posted a 3.41 ERA in 58.0 innings for Excessive-A Hudson Valley with 29 walks and 72 strikeouts within the 2024 season.

You may see the profession stats for Joel Valdez right here.

Within the 2nd spherical of the minor league section, the Reds picked right-handed pitcher Brandon Komar from the St. Louis Cardinals. In every of the final two seasons he’s frolicked in each Double-A and Triple-A. The 25-year-old made eight begins and 11 aid appearances in Double-A the place he had a 2.50 ERA. All 10 of his appearances in Triple-A had been int he bullpen the place he posted a 5.24 ERA in 22.1 innings.

You may see the profession stats for Brandon Komar right here.

The Reds misplaced shortstop Jose Torres to the Colorado Rockies within the minor league section of the draft. He had spent all the 2024 season with the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts. He was Cincinnati’s third spherical choose in 2021. Over the past two seasons he’s hit .201/.280/.305 in 168 video games with Chattanooga.

You may see the profession stats for Jose Torres right here.