{"id":696489,"date":"2026-05-27T05:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696489\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T05:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:39:08","slug":"report-toronto-blue-jays-ink-p-matt-bowman-to-minor-league-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696489\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Toronto Blue Jays ink P Matt Bowman to minor league deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/toronto-blue-jays\/238\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/toronto-blue-jays\/238\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> signed pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/matt-bowman\/658240\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/player\/matt-bowman\/658240\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Bowman<\/a> to a minor league deal, according to a report by Jon Heyman of MLB Network.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Matt Bowman signs with Jays. Minors deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/2059469457160888790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bowman was released by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/minnesota-twins\/233\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/minnesota-twins\/233\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Twins<\/a> earlier this month after exercising an opt-out clause in his deal with the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 34-year-old posted a 1.69 ERA in 21.1 innings this season with the St. Paul Saints, the Twins\u2019 Triple-A affiliate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bowman last appeared in the majors in 2025 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/baltimore-orioles\/225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/baltimore-orioles\/225\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>. He pitched to an 0-1 record with a 6.20 ERA in 24.2 innings over 20 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Chevy Chase, Maryland native has also played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/st-louis-cardinals\/248\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/st-louis-cardinals\/248\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Cardinals<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/new-york-yankees\/234\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/new-york-yankees\/234\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yankees<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/arizona-diamondbacks\/253\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/arizona-diamondbacks\/253\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/seattle-mariners\/236\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/mlb\/team-page\/seattle-mariners\/236\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Mariners<\/a> and had a previous stint with the Twins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He has made 231 MLB appearances.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Blue Jays signed pitcher Matt Bowman to a minor league deal, according to a report by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[712,49,48,253999,462,82,75156],"class_list":["post-696489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-matt-bowman-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-658240","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-toronto-blue-jays-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-238"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}