Starting Pitcher: Who’s In It for Lowe
In a post to his blog for SI.com, Jon Heyman writes:
“The Mets made an offer of about $36 million over three years to Derek Lowe… However, indications are that Lowe isn’t seriously considering that proposal, and that several other teams are currently leading the chase.”
According to Heyman, the Braves and Phillies also have shown interest, as have the Red Sox, and ‘the Brewers and Angels may also be lurking,’
However, Brewers GM Doug Melvin told reporters today, “We’re not in on him,” when asked about Lowe, according to MLB.com.
And, according to Ken Rosenthal, at FoxSports.com, the Braves have yet to speak with Scott Boras about the free-agent starting pitcher.
Mark Bowman of MLB.com recently wrote that the Braves are unlikely to exceed Minaya’s initial three-year, $36 million offer.
Rosenthal also believes the Phillies and Brewers continue to be concerned with Lowe’s price tag, like the Braves – and the Cubs feel the same, reports Gordon Edes of Yahoo! Sports.
I realize people in baseball and in New York seem confident that Lowe is within arm’s reach of Queens, but I just don’t trust Boras.
Seriously, you just never know what sort of sorcery he is going to pull, while working to create a new market for his client.
The Mets could end up being in the best possible position for Lowe, then, uh oh, what happened, Lowe signs with the Yankees for four years and nobody ever saw it coming.
That’s the type of thing that always seems to happen with his clients, especially when his back is against the wall. This is why I am trying to not to get to wrapped up in any rumors and information surrounding Lowe. It’s just all hard to fully believe until the guy is actually wearing a new jersey.
