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Cardinals Best News Links (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mark (Baltimore): Can Adam Loewen become the next Rick Ankiel or is his career over? Kevin Goldstein: I think Rick Ankiel is a very unique situatino, and to expect any of these conversion guys (Loewen, Bogusevic, etc.) is to expect a bit much. That said, Loewen was an outstanding hitter as an amatuer, and would have been a high draft pick even if he never took the mound. There's a chance certainly,...
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Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The Orioles announced Saturday that Adam Loewen, their first round pick in 2002 - and the number four pick overall that year - has decided he can’t be a pitcher anymore. The lefthanded starter has had one injury after another, the latest being a second stress fracture in his pitching elbow. Pitching puts so much [...]
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Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
This is a sad story. Baltimore's Adam Loewen fractured his elbow for a second time, ending his pitching career. He'll try to reinvent himself as an outfielder, a la Rick Ankiel: Rather than rehabilitating again, Loewen is expected to report...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
David Steele: One after another, like line drives up the middle, reminders keep coming of what the Orioles' starting rotation could have been and what it has turned out to be. Once upon a time, the master plan was hooked to a rotation of Adam Loewen (pictured), Daniel Cabrera, Erik Bedard and Hayden Penn. Remember that, from the Beattie-Flanagan era?
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Just a few loose ends: Adam Loewen's career as a pitcher is over. The once highly-touted prospect is planning to reinvent himself as an outfielder/first baseman rather than opt for surgery and face a year and a half off. Dejan Kovacevic reports that Xavier Nady was out of the lineup on Saturday not because of any pending trade, but because Manager John Russell wanted to give him another day to catch...
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Cardinals Best News Links (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Orioles left-hander Adam Loewen has abandoned his career as a pitcher because of a stress fracture in his left elbow, the same injury that sidelined him last season and twice put him on the disabled list this year. Sports Illustrated
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Orioles LHP Adam Loewen has abandoned his career as a pitcher because of a stress fracture in his left elbow.
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Elbow woes force lefty to try career as outfielder When the Orioles drafted Adam Loewen with the fourth overall pick in the 2002 draft, they envisioned the left-hander being at the top of their rotation for years. Now, they are left with the fleeting hope that he will eventually contribute somewhere in their lineup.
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Elbow woes force lefty to try career as outfielder When the Orioles drafted Adam Loewen with the fourth overall pick in the 2002 draft, they envisioned the left-hander being at the top of their rotation for years. Now, they are left with the fleeting hope that he will eventually contribute somewhere in their lineup.
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
David Ginsburg / Associated Press : Orioles' Loewen abandons pitching career — BALTIMORE (AP)—Orioles left-hander Adam Loewen has abandoned his career as a pitcher because of a stress fracture in his left elbow, the same injury that sidelined him last season and twice put him on the disabled list this year.
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Baseball Toaster: The Griddle (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Orioles lefty Adam Loewen has decided that after multiple arm injuries that a pitching career isn't going to work for him and is planning to make a comeback as an outfielder.
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Faced with the prospect of surgery and an 18-month recovery time, Orioles pitcher Adam Loewen will attempt to resurrect his career as an outfielder in 2009.
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Roch Kubatko / Baltimore Sun : Loewen to try new position — Faced with the prospect of more surgery, O's pitcher will try the field — No longer willing to go through another surgery and extended rehabilitation process on his left elbow, Orioles pitcher Adam Loewen will attempt to reinvent himself as a position player.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Adam Loewen will apparently attempt to restart his career by becoming a position player.
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Orioles left-hander Adam Loewen has abandoned his career as a pitcher because of a stress fracture in his left elbow, the same injury that sidelined him last season and twice put him on the disabled list this year.
