The Red Sox and first baseman Nathaniel Lowe are in the final stages of a contract, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. MassLive’s Chris Cotillo reported earlier that Lowe and the Sox were in discussions and were “working on getting it done.” Lowe is represented by SportsMeter.
The signing comes at little surprise, as reports linking the Sox to Lowe have been swirling since May, soon after Triston Casas was lost to what is likely to be a season-ending knee surgery. Boston continued to show interest in Lowe prior to the trade deadline but no deal was reached with the Nationals. After the Nats designated Lowe for assignment and placed him on waivers yesterday, Cotillo reported that the Sox were likely to make a play for the former Gold Glover, so it would appear that Lowe is now officially a free agent after clearing waivers.
Casas’ injury sparked quite a chain reaction in Boston’s season, as Rafael Devers’ subsequent refusal to play first base was one of the factors that led to Devers being traded to the Giants in June. While the Sox looked around the market at Lowe and other trade options, the fill-in platoon of Abraham Toro and Romy Gonzalez performed respectably well, with Gonzalez in particular crushing left-handed pitching. Since Lowe is a left-handed hitter, it stands to reason that Gonzalez will still get his share of at-bats when a southpaw is on the mound, and Toro could be the odd man out of the playing time equation.
The question now facing the Sox is what version of Lowe are they getting — the solid veteran who was a fixture as the Rangers’ first baseman from 2021-24, or the much-less productive Lowe who hit only .216/.292/.373 over 490 plate appearances with Washington. These underwhelming numbers included a decent but uninspiring .235/.312/.421 slash line in 337 PA against right-handed pitching.
Even those splits represent an upgrade over Toro, plus there is more potential upside if the change of scenery returns Lowe to his past Rangers form. The Red Sox are one of baseball’s better-hitting teams overall, though the club is more productive against left-handed pitching. Boston’s collective 102 wRC+ against right-handers is tied for 15th among the 30 teams.
There is no financial risk for the Red Sox in adding Lowe since they’ll only be owing him the prorated portion of the MLB minimum salary. That total will be subtracted from the roughly $2.33MM remaining on Lowe’s $10.3MM salary for the 2025 season, with the Nationals covering the remainder. Lowe also has one final year of arbitration control remaining, but unless he goes on an absolute tear in Boston over the remainder of the season, the Sox are likely to non-tender him this winter rather than give him a raise on that $10.3MM figure.
It is safe to assume that the Red Sox probably just view Lowe as a stopgap for 2025, with Casas on the horizon for a return in 2026 and perhaps more of Boston’s up-and-coming prospects (i.e. Kristian Campbell, Jhostynxon Garcia) perhaps being viewed as first base candidates down the road. Signing Lowe addresses one of the few weak links on a roster that shares the top AL wild card slot with the Mariners, and sits five games back of the Blue Jays for first place in the AL East.
The As went to Jared’s but the Red Sox went to Lowe’s
More like Kohls
The land of no name acrylic sweaters
acent – Excellent Kohls reference!
Ironically, Breslow used his 40% off coupon to sign Lowe and will be paying him with Kohls Cash.
The way they trap you by giving you discounts on top of discounts that beget even more Kohls cash
Gotta admit like the new Kohls Redhead milf mom ads tho who doesn’t like them some adorkable Kimmy Schmidt from the office
Theo – I used to buy a lot of clothing, sneakers and shoes at Kohls. Now the stores are almost bare, gotta risk it online and hope it fits.
I miss the days when there was no time limit for returns.
Theo – Damn, I haven’t seen the ads yet.
Be careful of redheads, they can be fiery!
Goyya admit binge shopped there for a bit when it was one of the few things open during lockdown and we had all that pent up purchasing power with all the restaurants and bars were shut down. Embarrassing to see the same rejects sitting on the shelf visit after visit. Worse was the explosion of inventory when the returns hit the shelves with the same unwanted rejects, obviously worn unfolded and returned. Good times
The ads are becoming ubiquitous – like the Kohls cash of TV ads
Nah-Faneuil Lowe
The future at 1B his Pete Alonso!!
Not for the Sox. Uncle Stevie will open up his wallet.
My Liverpool friends revel with every cheapass Devers or Mookie move (yay! More moolah for prizes like Florian Wirtz) and cringe with every desperado Liam Hendriks-Giolito broken clock signing (oh no, less moolah there goes Trent Arnold Alexander). Like two brothers vying for a share of mommas purse at Christmas.
Don’t bet on that
Stove heating up
AI – What I want to know, is it pronounced Lowe as in Lo Mein or Lowe as in Charlie Lau?
Nice, we made those annotations at our fantasy baseball draft when we would announce each player like Joshua “Low”. But Brandon “Lau”. But just imagine how the Sam Adams “your cousin from South Boston” kid might garble pronunciation.
Theo – Just once I want the Fenway PA guy to announce “Jarren DOOOOO-RONNNNNN” like the Philly PA guy does.
I think it’s the former, but I could be wrong
Fen – According to BRef it’s the same pronunciation as Derek. Lowe.
Dont think Southie kids aren’t gonna get that far, get tripped up just trying to get Nathaniel out
Another moral quandary, is it Nathaniel as in Salem’s own Nathaniel Hawthorne? Or Nathan as in the hot dog? (Sure to be a fan favorite during the dog days on Cape Cod).
Theo – Every time I hear about hotdogs, I think about Dave O’Brien’s bombed attempt at humor when the camera zoomed in a guy eating a hotdog and he called him Joie Chitwood instead of Joey Chestnut.
The basketball player from Hoosiers…. Picket fence…
Maybe he was eating stunt dogs or driving hot cars……
Lowe like Lowes. He better never stop improving or he’s in trouble.
They’re not even guaranteed a playoff spot, but man, that is one dangerous team.
Is any team at this point?
@ybc. Not one single team has clinched yet, and I get your point. – troll alert alarm- has been activated.
“This is not a drill.”
Rex – I don’t think Seam is being a troll, I’m certain he’s just being sarcastic. Fact is the Sox have only half an offense right now, as Wong/Narvaez/Rafaela/Toro can’t hit their way out of a wet paper bag and Romy sucks vs RHP.
The offense has been carried by Story, Duran, Anthony, Abreu and Yoshida. Sox have to turn things around if they want to win in the postseason.
FPG
Hopefully adding Lowe helps. Like you said the bottom of the order has been brutal since the all-star break. Having to go to Chapman on Saturday really hurt them yesterday. These type of losses are demoralizing, but the Sox have a record of 57-2 when leading after 8 innings. Bad things happen when you have to pitch guys in roles they are not meant to pitch in.
FPG
Bit concerned about the O’s tonight. There starter Trevor Rogers is on quite a run . The best run of his career it would seem. High quality starts against playoff teams.
cdc – I think it will, I like the Bres-Lowe move …. It can’t hurt.
Yep that’s why I said Campbell lost yesterday’s game by pitching so poorly Saturday.
So what are your thoughts with Chapman? He threw only 3 pitches Saturday, and only 11 on Friday. Is Cora being overprotective of him? Or perhaps what I’ve been saying all along about how warming up takes a toll on pitchers, which is why they are better off pitching multiple innings and pitching in fewer games.
There’s nothing to feel demoralized about, they pulled out 2 wins against a mediocre team …. that’s perfectly acceptable.
It’s amazing how divine intervention helped the Sox again, with Kyle Stowers getting injured Friday. He’s one of the best players in the game. If he never got hurt, Sox almost definitely lose the series. I’m beginning to think this could be 2013 all over again, where everything goes right and they cruise to the WS. But I don’t want to jinx them. LOL
The bullpen has been fantastic, no complaints here. No bullpen is perfect.
cdc – On the plus side, the Sox won’t have to face Kramer who pitched another 7 shutout innings against Houston yesterday. In his last two starts he’s given up one earned run and just 8 hits and 2 walks in 15 innings against Houston and Seattle.
But yeah, Rogers has been good. Overall the O’s have been playing really well against good teams.
1-0 loss to Seattle
4-3 win against Seattle
5-3 win against Seattle
7-0 win against Houston
5-4 loss to Houston
12-0 win against Houston
These next 2 games will be a good test for the Sox. I’m glad they are facing Sugano tomorrow, he is very beatable. Probably will be a series split.
FPG
Personally ,I like one inning from relievers.chapman certainly builds up a sweat when called on. He is older but built like a horse. I’m sure if needed he will be called upon to go 4/5 outs coming down the stretch and most certainly in the playoffs.i don’t think now is the time to rely on or change the way the pen has been working. Like you said,they have been very good for most of the season . Cora has done an exceptional job in this area IMO. Do you agree with that???
cdc – I’ll say this, I haven’t had too many complaints about bullpen management this season. Bringing in Chapman into tie games is the thing that gets to me, unless he’s facing the other team’s 3 best hitters.
But it’s kinda hard to go wrong when you’ve got 3 studs like Cora has with Chapman, Wilson and Whitlock.
@fpg. Yeah probably wasn’t. I still have PTSD. Luckily it’s not as bad. The kid with the 15 accounts probably got a boyfriend.
@fpg. This just seems like a bad year for bullpens. You got the padres than everyone else. Been alot shuffling deck chairs or maybe teams have decided to keep a couple roster spots open for fresh arms and they seems to be like throwing gasoline on the fire.
Rex – There’s a few like that with tons of accounts and/or constantly changing their handle, which I wish was not allowed here but whatever, I’ve had to mute some of them. LOL
@fpg. I stopped because they always come back. They probably went away since the season is almost over, and they will return for free agency.
FPG
Cora will take that from you….. LOL
Bringing in Chapman when the game is tied, does that happen more when the Sox are at home ?? Thinking they can shut the opposition down and then come up with the run in the bottom of the inning to win . Historically,we have seen many times when a save is not on the line the ‘closer’ does not perform his best. Chapman has been brought in a couple times this season to face the toughest part of the order( not the 9th) and performed well. Just throwing that out there ,
How many times has Cora gone to Chapman 3 games in a row ?????has it happened? 3 days in a row??
Curious…
cdc – June 7-8-9 vs NYY, TB
It was the exact same situation, 3 pitches on the 8th and 11 pitches on the 7th.
Stop feeding the troll.
You can thank that gas can Campbell for that
Not to mention the meathead who puts him out there.
Can he pitch out of the pen when chapman isn’t available?
As expected
For a Low Lowe price
I like this a lot for us. Toro had a nice run, but he’s been abysmal for over a month now. We had to find someone else we can give a look at first.
Lowe has been perfectly serviceable against RHP (.732 OPS, 14 HR, 59 RBI) despite his rough overall numbers. Hopefully being around a team in the thick of the playoff hunt is reinvigorating for him. If he can do that to righties for two months it really helps lengthen the lineup.
His splits last year also indicate LHPs were not a problem for him in the past. The question is why have they been kryptonite to him this year?
Bb
“His splits last year also indicate LHPs were not a problem for him in the past. The question is why have they been kryptonite to him this year?”
Going to guess sample size. It’s almost always sample size
Let’s see
2025: 153 PA, 9.2 BB%, 31 K%, .244 BABIP
2024: 144 PA, 15.6 BB%, 26.4 K%, .395 BABIP
Career: 868 PA, 10.4 BB%, 26.0 K%, 340 BABIP
Not as clean as it is sometimes, but the markers are still there.
Last year he overperformed his career numbers. High BABIP, higher than normal BB rate. That’s a sign of small sample size noise
Third year, looks like the opposite. Lower than normal BABIP. Higher than normal K rate.
My first guess is still small sample noise rather than some huge change in his underlying skill level or approach.
Someone could look at his zone swing percentages and stuff. I’m not going to. My egg biryani should be here any minute.
This was also his first year in the NL. That’s probably less of an issue than it used to be in the “olden days.” But it could explain a period of adjustment factor.
GGG
Maybe
“Us”
Dirty – I totally agree, this was a no-brainer move. It can only help, it certainly can’t hurt.
Lowe will be helped by the Green Monster, as he’s not a dead pull hitter.
Exactly what I said when he got let go but red sox fans didn’t listen. He will do very well against the monster. Good guy to have. Hes a few years removed from 302 avg and over 25 hrs who wouldn’t want that. Even if he bats 250 but pops 6 hrs and gives you good at bats
You’re the smartest guy here. No doubt.
A good fit with his oppo power. I’m sure he’ll bang into the monster a few times for a double
Yeah, 68 RBIs in a down year on a poor offensive team. Lowe might very well pull an Andrew Vaughn. And hit a big home run against the Yankees, that’s a given.
If casas never got injured or if bregman never signed then devers would probably still be with the Red Sox
To be honest I don’t know if they are better off with or without him but Lowe should play well in Fenway
They’re worse off without his offense, but better off without his drama.
Red Sox are much better off with Bregman over Casas and Devers. Its less about stats (even though Breggy wins in stats too) and more about work ethic and leadership. We can only hope Casas is moved for a bag of baseballs this offseason.
I don’t understand the contract aspect. What is wrong with league min? Can somebody explain to me what I am missing?
The Red Sox are getting Lowe for league minimum. About 25% of the season is left. So, the Red Sox will pay Lowe about 25% of $760K which is league minimum and the Nats will pay the rest.
I don’t understand the “negotiations” aspect of this. Here’s league minimum. Sign here. The shell of Mike Rizzo’s genius will pick up the rest.
Ssbf
“I don’t understand the “negotiations” aspect of this”
Presumably more than one team has contacted him. So he’s weighing his options. How he’ll be used. Any changes they might be considering to help him get back on track. Hell, maybe things like accommodations and flights.
I think Lowe is also arb eligible for the last time next year. Negotiations might be including 2026.
Red Sox shouldn’t have a need for Lowe in 2026. Can’t imagine they’d guarantee him anything beyond this season.
Red Sox getting a gift, Lowe falling into their lap like it’s Christmas morning. Final cog in the machine. Some other team could have claimed him and stopped this from happening. Now it’s a juggernaut.
I hope Lowe is that good!
I believe he will have a resurgence playing for a team heading to the playoffs. He is a good guy with great baseball instincts. What a great fit at the last minute.
Ha, I don’t want to burst your bubble. But as a Nats fan, I would say be careful what you wish for. Normally I’d be happy for a former Nat to do well in his next endeavors. But Lowe doesn’t inspire that sentiment from me. Let’s just leave it at that
Yeah I liked him with the Rangers, I didn’t get to see him at all with the Nats but I know it wasn’t good.
Why do we have to leave it that? Fill us in at mlbtr.
I don’t pay attention to the Nats at all so I would actually prefer if we don’t leave it at that. What did he do or say to leave such a bad taste in your mouth?
I think it definitely makes sense for them to give him an opportunity. I really hope he becomes a solid addition and certainly seems like he will be better than the declining Toro. Need to give Toro credit for helping keep us in the running with solid offense earlier in the year. Feel bad for him if he gets released, but you need to give yourself the best chances to get into the playoffs.
It’s really not shocking though, I recall getting flamed by someone back when Dom Smith was a FA for suggesting it wasn’t a terrible idea to see if he’d be willing to hang out with the WooSox until Toro falls off because we could use another option handy. Had people on me acting like Toro was some revelation who would never need to be replaced. And would you look at that, all Toro has done since is regress to his career norms:
2025: .247/.297/.382, .308 rOBA, 88 OPS+, -0.1 WAR
Career: .224/.287/.358, .289 rOBA, 82 OPS+, 0.5 WAR
He’s exactly what some of us thought he was. But we thank him for his service, when he was hot earlier in the year it was instrumental in keeping the team afloat during Bregman’s absence. His fall off has been pretty substantial so I don’t think we need to lose sleep over whether someone claims him once DFA’ed. He will probably make it to Worcester, unless another contender really needs a corner infielder that desperately (I am unaware if anyone does at the moment).
Lowe even if he doesn’t come close to fully recapturing his old form is a substantial upgrade.
I would have much rather had Garcia or Campbell, even with limited reps at first. Oh well.
At this point, you need proven major leaguers. Those two will be great, I’m pretty sure of it but right now is not the time to throw them into the fire.
Garcia and Campbell need more reps and not under the pressure of Fans and media in a pennant race.
Agreed. Garcia played 1B for the first time today.
Let Lowe and Romy platoon at First Base, keep Toro because they need a backup for Bregman and figure out which of Wong or Sanchez to send down/DFA (it will be Sanchez, who only has one AB since joining the Sox) to accommodate the addition
Eaton plays third and fills the Hamilton pinch running position as well. Toro was a real positive early in the season with some HR pop, but that has long since past. Toro’s bat has evaporated, so DFA is overdue. Lowe and Romy platoon at first. Eaton is very versatile and has played plenty of 3B and OF. Wong over Sanchez, so your DFA for that spot there also as Sanchez has played almost zero.
Yes, agreed. Calling up Eaton solidifies Toro’s release because Eaton can play third with Mayer out.
Bingo. You nailed it.
Too bad Tampa didn’t make a play for him…with three Lowes in the field it certainly would have been a Lowe point in their season…
Sox had to do it, and I think it will pan out well. Lowe will be in a much better lineup and get more pitches to hit and well he’s an actual first baseman!
I’m a big fan of this pickup and so is every infielder on the team. He is a significant upgrade at 1B over Toro (who is by no means a natural 1B). Same could be said for Gonzo.
Sox have some extremely athletic infielders who can now go make plays and let it fly from anywhere knowing there’s a guy over there than can pick it and stretch well. Helps the defense significantly. His bat should play well at Fenway and bring a little lower in the lineup should lead to good pitches to hit more often as well.
Would’ve been nice if he went to the Mariners. Joining the Red Sox makes their lineup even scarier!
Lowe and Toro have essentially been the same player this year. Negative bWAR, 88 OPS+.
Fail to acquire an upgrade at the trade deadline, take forever to get internal options reps at 1B in the minors, traded away the most ready internal replacement for a mediocre reliever. #winning
Joemo- You are right in that its pretty clear that Breslow has mismanaged this roster endlessly.
However, I do disagree that Lowe isn’t an upgrade. His fielding alone makes the team better. Also, his floor the rest of the way is essentially Toro’s ceiling.
Veteran player, change of scenery can work miracles sometimes
Sad – if they really wanted to get Lowe, they could have traded for him at the deadline, saving people from 2 more weeks of Toro floundering. The cost would have been a low A prospect. That’s the annoying part.
Lowe would have been as much of an upgrade then, and just as cheap.
And they would have had to pay the contract. This was the best move here. You didn’t trade anyone and get him for the minimum.
Mookie, Some commenters don’t understand when the Sox do something positive.., I try to cut them some slack but don’t do very well because the negative garbage gets old…, Especially when it’s incorrect.
Besides that, they need a reason to bash the team, while claiming to be fans.
I think it comes from listening to the guys on radio. They breed a lot of negative rubbish and it’s contagious.
That’s not true. You see, when a player is traded the team who is trading a player can send money over!
And there can still be a player traded as part of this transaction…. You might know them as PTBNL’s. Gasp.
Joe
“And there can still be a player traded as part of this transaction…. You might know them as PTBNL’s. Gasp”
No. Lowe cannot be traded. The trade deadline has passed. There are some exceptions, but Lowe does not meet them.
snarl – Agreed, he can’t be any worse than Romy vs RHP or Toro vs All Pitchers.
Juan – I missed that Lowe was placed on release waivers, and not the typical outright waivers. Sorry about that!
No he wouldn’t have been as cheap. Im sure the Nats tried shopping him and where asking more than he was worth. Sox got him as cheap as they possibly could have.
They also would have had to take on his salary and trade a player or two to get him.
Sad – Red Sox ownership has stated they aren’t trying to win until next year at the earliest. I think that has more to do with their pathetic trade deadline than Breslow. It’s a shame, because they were a SP, catcher and 1B away from being a true contender.
You have never posted a quote all the times you have claimed this. It would be big news like the full throttle comment if they ever stated that.
The SP is the gut punch. I get that the Twins may have been putting the squeeze a little too tight for Joe Ryan but I’m not sure how they couldn’t swing a trade for Merrill Kelly. Dustin May gets the ball tonight so we’ll see if he’s the Dustin May that pitched against the Astros last time out or the one that struggled against the Royals the time before that
Not happy? Go cheer on another team.
We can’t take too much more of your positive interactions here and you need to spread it around a little.
I’ll continue to follow whatever team I want thanks.
I forgot that as a Red Sox fan you need to just accept that the FO is so smart and that everything they do is the best, that’s why they won 4 world series since 2000, right?
Right.
I guess because they’re in last place we can be sappy Sally.
No, you won’t continue to follow any team you want. Your crap is unwanted, unnecessary, incorrect, and poorly received.
Go follow the Sacramento A’s. They’re more your style.
Maybe you can take up another hobby in the meantime like hiking?? The Colorado Rockies would be close by in that case.
I thought they were trying to win a world series, not just avoid another disasteruous last place finish. My bad. I see our expectations of the team are different.
Half empty gets old. I’m half full.
I stand up and cheer at the game. What do you do when they win? Complain about the score not being a big enough spread?
Nope, I don’t bet on things.
I’m excited when they win, and I’m annoyed when they lose games due to their own incompetence. Like this weekend. They had to burn Chapman on Saturday because Campbell lol, and then Sunday with Chapman unavailable Matz and Weissert give up HRs in the 9th.
It sounded like it, but I didn’t mean gambling.
My focus is on your negativity.
Perhaps they didn’t win by enough so you’ll come here and snarl again?
Well, having written all that and picking on one of the many negative commentators we see here on a daily basis concerning the Red Sox, I don’t feel any better.
I guess being negative really does suck.
OK I’m done with the negativity. It really doesn’t pay off very well.
Go Sox !!
Joe – He just posted a bizarre, nonsensical rant about me too. Honestly it’s like someone hacked his account, written by a totally different person with some sort of issues.
Whatever the reason, he won’t bully us into becoming a bunch of moronic team suckups. The situation is being monitored.
You’re so loose with the lips fever. I would never insult another commentor.
Moronic? Suck up?
Don’t take a lower road than you need to fever. It’s really not necessary.
If you look at Joe‘s replies, they are very polite and very levelheaded, and I take that to heart as he replied in a much more friendly way than what my comments deserved. Much respect to Joe here. Definitely a learning lesson for me.
Im pretty sure joemo is FPG 2nd acct. Living life full of hate.
Actually, Joe was pretty cool in his responses to my verbal judo yesterday. Much respect for that !!
Fever will never back down, will never apologize, will never admit he is wrong.
But that’s why we love him.
He can throw a punch and he can take a punch and it’s all good.
We start fresh again the next day and I try to be better than I was the day before.
Go Sox !!!
Gary – I am just seeing your post now.
FTR, if you re-read my post I didn’t call you a moronic suckup …… I wrote that Joe and I wouldn’t become one.
BTW – I have apologized in the past to others.
Anyway I know we’ve moved on, I just don’t want you to think I ran and hid here. Unread notifications are limited to 10, a lot of notifications I never see because I get so many that they simply drop off. But I do generally reply to a high percentage, when I see them of course.
Gary – All I’ll add here, I never throw the first punch …. online or in the real world.
Will Toro just slide over to 3B with the Mayer injury?
Eaton
If they would’ve traded for Lowe at the deadline, I think most Sox fans would’ve pretty OK with the move. The only gripes would’ve been who they sent back to WASH. And the Sox would’ve likely taken on the remainder of his salary.
In this scenario, they get Lowe at a bargain basement cost AND they didn’t have to give up any prospects. I’m having a hard time seeing any negatives in this deal.
Having a good glove at 1B is an appropriate upgrade and is much needed. Lowe’s offensive floor is equal to or possibly higher than Toro. I’d say this is a win for Breslow.
I would say you are right, but this is a red sox board and red sox fans are ‘very hard group to please and often a few trolls may linger! I like Toro he’s a gritty ball player and hope he sticks around in the organization for a fill in role. He’s just not a starter and the sox defense will be much improved, or it should be!
sw
“who they sent back to WASH. And the Sox would’ve likely taken on the remainder of his salary.”
Then that would have been a terrible misreading of his market value – buying something for $2 million plus an asset that gets set on the curb with a “Please Take Me” a few weeks later.
Lowe is having his worst year, but he will be third in RBI only one behind Abreu and 11 behind Story! He hits home runs with men on base! If he was with the sox in Fenway in this batting order I have a hard time believing his numbers wouldn’t be even better……Lets see how it pans out!
Twenty-Five players on the Red Sox Roster are ready to say
HI LOWE !!
Lowe hits right handed pitching. Romy hits left handed pitching, so the platoon works well. Eaton is the infield bench player and pinch runner the Red Sox have been lacking.
Breslow now needs to pull a right handed bullpen pitcher out of his magic hat and DFA Isaiah Campbell.
Slaten may be that RH relief pitcher
bostonherald.com/2025/08/15/key-red-sox-reliever-m…
Lots of motivation for Lowe with a non-tender looming. Maybe the Red Sox catch lightning in a bottle. Oh, the drama!
Looks like he swallowed a few bottles!
He’s on the bench tonight. I think the deal is done. You can update the article.
So allow me to post this — mlb.com/news/nathaniel-lowe-red-sox-contract — for the ginormous a***ole on this site who recently said I was “embarrassing myself” when I provided a partial defense of Lowe’s production numbers with the Nats. Just another anti-Boomer, pro-“modern metric” attack, of course. (Where does the hate from kids come from today?) Who knows where Lowe’s career will go from here, but for now I guess the Bosox front office and management agree with me that there may yet be value in his swing. Another ex-Nat joins the playoff hunt, along with Alex Call (Dodgers) and Kyle Finnegan ((Tigers).
Lowe needs to lower his weight! Guy shows up in the shape of a perfect circle!!! C’mon Nathan!! You’re a pro athlete, take ur job seriously and get fit!
Nationals front office strikes again. The Nats could have had a lower level prospect from the Red Sox, but instead, the Nats get absolutely nothing.