Buzz: Derek Lowe, Sabathia and Freddy
The Red Sox have been in contact with Scott Boras about free-agent RHP Derek Lowe, according to the Boston Herald.
…it seems to me that lowe will wait until CC Sabathia signs with the either the Yankees or Angels, at which point he will shop himself to the Yankees, Angels, Mets, Dodgers, Red Sox, etc., all of whom have been linked to him in rumor so far this off-season…
Speaking of Sabathia, according to Joel Sherman in the New York Post, the Yankees intend to make him an aggressive offer, i.e., six-years, $150 million in Sherman’s opinion.
Meanwhile, “Freddy Garcia has drawn interest from a few teams as a potential lower-budget option for starting pitching on the free-agent market,” writes Jason Beck at MLB.com.
…we are bound to hear garcia’s name linked to the Mets, you can set your watch to it…if you recall, the Mets were said to have mild interest in garcia last off-season, spring and around the trade deadline…though, i sense he had more interest in playing for the Mets, than the Mets had in signing him…
