Jase Bowen Stats & Scouting Report

Full name Jase Callaway Bowen
Born 09/02/2000 in Northwood, OH
Profile Ht.: 6'0" / Wt.: 190 / Bats: R / Throws: R
School Central Catholic
Drafted in the 11th round (334th overall) by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2019 (signed for $392,500).

Top Rankings

BA Grade: 40/High

Track Record: Bowen was taken by the Pirates in the 11th round of the 2019 draft. He played baseball and football in high school and was a three-star prospect as a wide receiver. He chose baseball and earned a $392,500 bonus to break his commitment to Michigan State. He got his feet wet in the Florida Complex League before the pandemic pushed back his first full season until 2021. He made it to Double-A for the first time in 2023 and then spent six weeks in the Arizona Fall League.

Scouting Report: Bowen has plenty of tools but will need to make much more contact to put everything together. The righthander hits the ball plenty hard--his 90th percentile exit velocity was 102.7 mph, maxed out at 112 mph and he led the system with 23 home runs--but he needs to make more contact. He missed at pitches both in and out of the zone and chased at a worse-than-average rate as well. He’s a plus runner and is one of the system’s best outfield defenders.

The Future: Bowen has plenty of tools and remaining upside to fit into a power-speed profile. If he can make more contact, he has a chance to move up this list in 2024, when he’ll spend most of the season in Double-A against much craftier pitchers than he faced in Class A.

Scouting Grades Hit: 30 | Power: 55 | Run: 60 | Field: 60 | Arm: 50