The Twins announced that right-hander has been reinstated from the injured list, as had been reported on earlier this week. In a corresponding move, right-hander has been designated for a signment. Bowman, 33 next month, signed a minor league deal with the Twins in the offseason. He was added to the 40-man roster just over two weeks ago, after throwing six scorele s frames in Triple-A, and has since pitched 7 2/3 innings over five appearances in the majors. He only allowed two earned runs in that time, which is why his earned run average looks nice right now at 2.35. However, the underlying metrics have been le s Nick Nastrini Jersey impre sive. He has six strikeouts and four walks, leading to respective rates of 19.4% and 12.9% thus far. His 57.9% ground ball rate is strong but he wasnt going to maintain a .056 batting average on balls in play nor a 90.9% strand rate. Thats why his 5.64 FIP and 4.38 SIERA are much higher than his ERA in this small sample. Since Bowman is out of options, the Twins had to remove him from the 40-man roster entirely in order to open an active roster spot for Duran. They will now have one week to trade Bowman or pa s him through waivers. If the latter scenario were to come to pa s, he has over three years of service time, giving him the right to reject an outright a signment and elect free agency instead. However, he doesnt have five years of service, meaning he would have to forfeit the remainder of this $925K salary to return to the open market. Elbow injuries, including Tommy John surgery, prevented Bowman from pitching in official game action from 2020 to 2022. He was able to return to the mound last year, to sing 58 2/3 innings for the Triple-A club of the Yankees with a 3.99 ERA. He struck out 22.6% of batters faced in that time while giving out walks at an 11.7% rate and getting grounders at an 51.9% clip. He also to sed four innings for the Yanks in the majors but was outrighted after the season, which allowed him to sign with the Twins. Trayce Thompson Jersey