The Giants are beginning to groom prospect John Bowker at first base, according to Andrew Baggarly of Medianews. After Bowker’s torrid start to his major league career, the organization is employing the services of Ex-Giant J.T. Snow to teach him the finer points of the position in hopes that he will stay in the every day lineup. Bowker got his first major league experience at the position on Wednesday when he was shifted to first base in the ninth inning after starting the game in right field.
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John Bowker Is Learning First Base
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Giants’ Bowker Has Stellar Debut, Bocock Getting Comfortable at SS
Monday, April 14th, 2008- Rick Eymer of MLB.com reports that John Bowker made his first appearance in the big leagues on Saturday and became the 8th player in Giants history to hit a home run in his major league debut. Bowker had 4 RBIs and another home run in his second game the next day as the Giants went on to beat the Cardinals 7-4. Pretty impressive stuff, and needless to say, the Giants’ lineup could use a little power boost.
- Brian Bocock has been a solid replacement at shortstop for the injured Omar Vizquel, although his performance at the plate has left something to be desired (.200 with 2 RBIs). Still, he’s played every inning of every game so far this season. Bocock attributes some of his struggles to simply not being familiar with the pitchers he’s faced, so he’s been spending a lot of time watching film of the pitchers he will be facing in upcoming games, writes Chris Haft.
Prospects Getting the Ax: Player Cuts
Saturday, March 15th, 2008Earlier this week we listed the top prospects getting cut from the Rays, Indians, Pirates, Nationals, Rockies, Rangers, Red Sox, Twins, Angels, and Orioles. We’ve listed below a handful of prospects who have been cut since then.
- Beau Mills, 3B/1B, Indians
- Trevor Crowe, OF, Indians
- Matt LaPorta, OF, Brewers
- Phillipe Aumont, RHP, Mariners
- Robinzon Diaz, C, Blue Jays
- Charlie Morton, RHP, Braves
- Tyler Flowers, C/1B, Braves
- Brett Sinkbeil, RHP, Marlins
- Lance Broadway, RHP, White Sox
- Rick Porcello, RHP, Tigers
- Dexter Fowler, OF, Rockies
- Chris Nelson, SS, Rockies
- Jeff Samardzija, RHP, Cubs
- John Bowker, OF, Giants
New Feature: Daily Pepper
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008This post marks our new feature, the “Daily Pepper”. In this feature, we will quickly cover a handful of prospects under one post. Pepper is that game we all used to play as a pre-game warm up: One person hits quick grounders and liners to a group of fielders standing close by, who then promptly throw the ball back to the hitter, who then hits it back to the fielders… It’s pretty much the same thing right?
- The Royals’ Luke Hochevar faced six hitters and got six outs, without the ball ever leaving the infield. Great start to his Spring.
- Giants’ OF John Bowker is trying to parlay his great season at Double-A last year into a strong Spring showing, and potentially a big league gig.
- Cubs’ catching prospect Josh Donaldson has the skills to be a big league catcher, and he thinks his unusual training regimen has something to do with it. It looks like Geovany Soto might be blocking that position for a while though.
- A couple of the Yankees’ top pitching prospects are having trouble keeping up with old man Andy Pettitte. Ian Kennedy, Joba Chamberlain and Philip Hughes are all training with the veteran, and already seeing the effects.
- A first-round draft pick in 2003, the Royals’ Chris Lubanski is opening some eyes at camp. He’s still only 22…
Giants’ Prospect John Bowker Off to Triple-A Fresno
Monday, February 25th, 2008Mercury News reports that John Bowker will look to improve on his breakout performance of last year in Double-A Connecticut (batted .307 and hit 22 home runs in pitcher-friendly Dodd Stadium) when he moves to hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. The Giants are chock-full of outfielders right now, but Bowker is worth having on your fantasy radar and could be relevant in the near future.
