Zimmer wins Bowman Hitting Championship

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Indians top prospect Bradley Zimmer hasn’t played much baseball over the past several days, but there was no apparent rust as he sprayed the ball all over the yard in the fourth annual Bowman Hitting Challenge on Saturday night at Salt River Fields.

Zimmer won the Arizona Fall League event with 2,350 points, edging out Orioles No. 12 prospect D.J. Stewart, who finished with 1,950.

“It was fun, I had about 10 days without baseball and got a little hungry,” Zimmer said. “It’s good to be out here with some new faces and enjoying the event.”

The Bowman Hitting Challenge is a twist on the Home Run Derby, as participants were awarded points for either hitting home runs or targets scattered throughout the field.

“Honestly, I was just trying to treat it like a Home Run Derby and hit everything out to center field and if I missed, hopefully it’d hit a target out there somewhere,” Zimmer said.

The 23-year-old outfielder hit plenty of targets, and after …

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