adam alexander loewen (born april 9, 1984) is a canadian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. he previously pitched in major league baseball (mlb) for the baltimore orioles from 2006 to 2008, before converting to a position player and playing with the toronto blue jays in 2011. after spending the next two seasons in the minors as a position player, loewen converted back to being a pitcher, and was called up to the philadelphia phillies in august 2015. he pitched for the arizona diamondbacks in 2016.