The Rays, Angels and Reds agreed to a three-team trade that’ll send outfielder Josh Lowe to the Angels, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. Infielder Gavin Lux heads from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay alongside minor league pitcher Chris Clark, who comes over from the Angels. Cincinnati acquired lefty reliever Brock Burke from the Halos.
More to come.
Classic baseball move. No need for the Dodgers.
Dodgers got two legit prospects for Lux. Reds get a relief pitcher? They are smarter than everyone else too
They have more leverage
The Reds traded a comp A pick for him. Nobody forced them to do that
Everyone’s over in the Tucker announcement lol
There will be like 3 comments on this post
Nah, my fellow Reds fans will find time to whine that the OF in the trade is going to the Angels and not the Reds.
Me mad
The reliever is solid and lux is gone, chefs kiss
And they wont be able to score runs…..
Not because lux is gone
You really think they are going to get anything of value to help the offense? I dont think so.
He wasn’t a good power bat fit for what we need anyway.
There are 58 so far
Who is going to play CF for the Angels? And…another corner outfielder? Does Minasian realizes there are only two corner outfield spots?
My thought as well, maybe other moves coming?
I have to assume Teodosio. I don’t hate it
Trout, Adell, Soler, Lowe. What’s the point?
Can’t say that I’ve seen him pitch a whole lot but isn’t Burke more valuable to LAA than Lowe, or are the Angels not sold on either Burke’s K-rate or likelihood of regression?
And the Angels lost Clark. And for what? A superfluous corner outfielder?
I assume they’ll make Lowe do it. Or just tell Trout to stop injuring himself.
Hopefully this also means Scary Perry has found a deal for Soler to free up outfield reps for Lowe and DH ABs for Trout.
How many times has a team been in a three team trade in one off-season? Tampa Bay feels like they’d have that record.
THE ANGELS MADE A GOOD MOVE????
i’ll be waiting for that announcement patiently
Lots going on tonight within the last few minutes.
One of the trades of all time.
Yes, it certainly was a three-team trade.
Wow the Reds will be good at preventing runs but wont be able to score.
Preventing runs on both sides of the game!
I don’t think trading an outfielder for a reliever was necessary expected by the Reds when the Reds need an… outfielder. But not a terrible move…
Very generous of you to call Lux an outfielder.
You should see the rest of our outfield!
At least the rest can play outfield. Lux can’t play the outfield period. I’m not even sure he can play the infield and he is to light of a hitter to be the DH.
I’ll take Lux over Walls any day of the week!
Well buckle up because Dane Myers is about to be our DH
While maybe not the highest impact move possible, the Reds may have moved to the front of the line for Nick Castellanos and the $16MM or more in Phillies cash that it’s going to take for Philadelphia to shed his contract.
Pity the reds just couldn’t say whoops and get back what they gave up for lux
So now Adell, Soler, Trout, and Lowe can all cover right field but we have nobody good in center or left.
Brilliant.
I think Adell can play an adequate left. He played an adequate right.
He was a horrible CF.
Dunno why but I like both lower not being a ray and lux being one.. not even on a team basis. Just think its good for both.
Only real baseball fans also care about this and not just dodgers Tucker
Someone remind Perry that the Angels need a CF, not another corner outfielder
Classic . The Angels get poor man’s Kyle Tucker the Doyers get Kyle Tucker.
Do not disrespect Josh Lowe he can become a really good ball player
102 lifetime OPS+. 306 lifetime OBP. And he’s 28 years old.
No… he can’t be. This is why the Rays are the Rays and the Angels are the Angels.
Lowe has had flashes of greatness but has really struggled possibly due to family issues, mental issues, and injuries. A great change of scenery candidate tbh, but he would never rebound with the Rays
Flashes, sure. And if he was a CF I’d love it. But he’s a bad defensive corner outfielder.
That kind of sounded like Byron Buxtons career offense before this season
Lowe will not get as high as Buxton but all it takes is a healthy season and something could happen
He has shown zero ability to play defense or hit RHP.
Do the Angels really need a platoon corner outfielder?
Brace yourselves… Lux about to morph into what prospect lists predicted him to be.
On the Rays? Doubtful, but he’s a massive improvement over seeing Walls there all year.
Not sure I agree. He can’t steal bases, hit for power, or get on base at a special clip.
Rays need to run a promotion of free tickets to anyone that can name more than 5 players on the team. I’m seriously searching at this point: Diaz, Aranda, Junior, Palacios, Jax, and… who?
Forgetting out awesome acquisition last year? Baker!
But c’mon man, if you watch them you know. Simpson, McLanahan, Pepiot, DeLuca… Many guys left.
Forgot about Pepiot. Good call. Shane and Johnny B. Goode are great, but haven’t played in a while. Kinda feel bad about forgetting Simpson, but I was boycotting Stu last year.
Looks like they are trading a whole lot of nothing. All disappointing players. Weak prospects. Brock Burke is oddly the most intriguing.
So does this mean Adell is going to be the CF now with Trout and Lowe in the corners? TB must really have no confidence in Lowe.
Ngl, this is a weird trade on all fronts.
The second time Burke has been involved in a three-team trade. The first time was in a deal for his new teammate Emilio Pagan. I like the deal for the Reds.
looks like the Reds are getting a decent left handed reliever… can’t have too many arms, not a bad trade for the Reds
Was it 4D chess or just dumb luck that Tampa bailed Kroll out of his questionable decision to tender a 2026 contract to Lux in the first place?
Like they say, I guess anything including an MLB contract is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it.
Seems like a nice deal for the Reds. Burke is very useful and Lux seemed like a non-tender candidate.
After opening day I won’t watch another baseball game ever again. Thank you dodgers
Avg player swap..yawn
Finally some news tonight
I’m calling it here. Lowe has better stats than Tucker next year!
You’re making a much more bold prediction about Tucker than I am, though I really don’t think he’s going to be better with the Dodgers than he’s been over his last two injury-shortened, slump-affected seasons.
I feel like the Angels bought lowe here… 😉
Actually I’m glad for the lefty reliever who will do more for them than Lux.
But…are you reinvesting that 5 million plus the excess under last year’s payroll to upgrade the outfield? Or just sitting on your hands still?
We both know the answer, but I love this trade for the reds
Bye Bye Burke welcome Lowe
I like this for Cincy, now they need to trade for a nice bat.
Reds save 3.2M swapping these players. I like it for strengthening the pitching.
Now can you PLEASE work on the bats?! I’m so sick of losing 1-0, or 2-1!! Damn!
This is better than the Tucker news
Tampa must have signed a sponsorship deal with the Home Depot. Clearing out all of their Lowe’s.
I’m shocked the Rays got someone with 1 year of team control left. Burke is a great reliever when on, and Lowe is also not bad.
Anyways, Brock Burke is one reliever I saw often. He’s a high leverage guy I think that was used by Bochy a lot, and against the Astros in the ALCS. Nice facing you Burke, see you in Cincy.
Josh Lowe had his moment in 2023, but since then? .220/.283/.366 in 2025. That’s not a bat you build around—that’s a lottery ticket you hope doesn’t bounce. If this three-way deal with the Rays and Reds is real, feels like we’re buying high on a name, not a bat.
We need production, not projections. Not sold.
Artie Moreno cucked by the Dodgers yet again, this time in the news department
Makes you wonder if the Angels were in on Tucker…quickly adding OF help after that signing
Trading one of the better pitchers on your roster for a guy who produced 0.1 bWAR last year is classic Angels.
Can Lowe play CF? Will be curious who spends more time on DL between him, Troat and Tucker over on the Dodgers in 2026.
Teoscar Hernandez and significant relief on his remaining salary may be available now.
When will the Reds ADD an outfielders? I don’t understand what they’re doing!