The Athletics announced today that they have selected the contract of left-hander Ben Bowden. Fellow lefty Hogan Harris has been optioned as the corresponding active roster move.
The A’s have signed left-hander Ben Bowden to a minor league deal, according to the transactions tracker on Bowden’s MLB.com profile page. Bowden, 30, was a second-round pick by the Rockies in the 2016 draft.
The Athletics keep adding arms this winter. Luis Severino and Jeffrey Springs have been the two big additions for the club, but they have also been sneakily adding to their depth all winter, with the latest addition being lefty reliever Ben Bowden, who was most recently in the Atlanta Braves system.
The Wins-Above-Replacement stat -- or WAR -- measures the amount of wins a single player adds compared to a "replacement," level player. With that being said, can you name the players to lead the American League in WAR each season since 1995?