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Lowe Too Pricey For Red Sox?
Accordig to Sean McAdam of the Boston Herald, Derek Lowe's strong finish to the 2008 season may have priced him out of the Red Sox's range. McAdam believes Lowe will sign for $14-15MM a year over three or four years. He suggests the Red Sox would've been more open to the idea at $10MM or so. The Red Sox are believed to be Lowe's preferred destination, but Nick Cafardo says a dozen other teams are interested (the Mets among them).
Lowe, a Boras client, was never getting paid less than Carlos Silva on the open market. Silva, a far inferior pitcher, has a $12MM average annual salary. I imagine that once the bar for Jon Garland/Carlos Silva level mediocrity is raised again this year, Lowe will find himself more in the $16-18MM range. And Boras should be able to get that fourth year guaranteed. The Red Sox could handle that.
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The Sox could use Lowe. I think hes going to be a worse pitcher in the AL but whatever.
Posted by: yankfan1 | October 24, 2008 at 10:02 AM
Hopefully Theo learned his lesson with Lugo and doesn't waste the money. Besides its time for a market correction in baseball. Lowe doesn't deserve anywhere near $16-18 million. And for 4 yrs, HA! I'd rather take my chances with Masterson/Buchholz/Bowden.
Posted by: celtics464 | October 24, 2008 at 10:06 AM
I would normally be against that kind of deal for Lowe, except that it makes Peavy's deal incredibly cheap by comparison. So i guess i am for some team giving him 64-72 million over 4 years.
But the Sox are not in the need of pitching to tie up that kind of money in Lowe, not with all of their young guys approaching arbitration
Posted by: AirmanSD | October 24, 2008 at 10:23 AM
as the sox id offer 4 years 12-14 a year and leave it at that
Posted by: GoSoX | October 24, 2008 at 10:37 AM
There would be a lot of interest in Lowe if his pricetag is $10m.
Posted by: bjsguess | October 24, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Lowe was pretty outstanding last year. Not sure how sinkerballers historically fare as they age, but he was really, really good.
Posted by: Not Joe Morgan | October 24, 2008 at 10:49 AM
please..not david pauley... yack*
Posted by: GoSoX | October 24, 2008 at 11:11 AM
I would personally love to see Lowe back with the Sox, but this whole situation doesn't make much sense.
They didn't want to sign him for '05, why would they want to sign him for '09? Same manager, same front office, etc.
I'm surprised to even hear his name come up. Is it just because he's expressed an interest in returning?
Posted by: fapelbon | October 24, 2008 at 11:25 AM
3 years at 12-15 per would be alright.
3 years from now Lowe could be Schilling ver 2.0, just replace Jesus with cheating and drugs.
Posted by: Kenan and Kel | October 24, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Is it just me, or is there a reason that no matter how well he pitches, when his contract is up, his team doesn't want him back?
Hmm...
Posted by: Aduncaroo | October 24, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Lowe is better than Burnett. Not as flashy for sure, but he gets the job done.
Posted by: bjsguess | October 24, 2008 at 01:04 PM
"Hopefully Theo learned his lesson with Lugo and doesn't waste the money."
Wbat are you implying? Are you saying the Sox should never sign another expensive free agent? Thats just an ignorant trolling comment.
Posted by: themfightnwords | October 24, 2008 at 03:19 PM