The Red Sox and the first basic player Nathaniel LOWE are in the last stages of a contract, according to Jeff Passan d’Espn. Chris Cotillo de Masslive reported earlier than Lowe and the Sox were in discussion and were “work to do so. Lowe is represented by the sportsman.
The signature has no surprise, because the reports connecting the Sox to Lowe have been swirling since May, shortly after Triston Casas was lost because of what is likely to be a knee surgery at the end of the season. Boston continued to express his interest in Lowe before the deadline for the trade, but no agreement was concluded with the nationals, then after the Nats appointed Lowe for assignment and placed it yesterday, Cotillo reported that the SOXs were likely to play for the Old Glover of Gold.
Casas’ injury sparked a chain reaction in the Boston season, as RAFAEL DEVERS“The subsequent refusal to play the first goal was one of the factors that led to being exchanged with the Giants in June. While the SOX looked around the market in Lowe and other commercial options, the filling peloton Abraham Toro And Romy Gonzalez worked well with respect, with Gonzalez in particular the overwhelming left pitch. Since Lowe is a left -handed striker, it goes without saying that Gonzalez will always get his share of bats when a SouthPaw is on the mound, and Toro could be the strange man of the playing time equation.
The question which is now confronted with the SOX is the version of LOWE that they obtain – the solid veteran which was an element of the first element as the first basic player of the rangers of 2021-24, or the productive LOWE without having only struck .216 / .292 / .373 on 490 appearances with Washington. These disappointing numbers included a decent but interest -free oblique bar line .235 / .312 / .421 in 337 PA against right -handed pitch.
Even these divisions represent an upgrade on Toro, and there is more upward potential if the change of landscape returns Lowe to its past rangers form. The Red Soxs are one of the best struck teams in baseball overall, although the club is more productive against left -handed pitch. The collective of Boston 102 WRC + against right -handers is equal to the 15th among the 30 teams.
There is no financial risk for the Red Sox in the addition of Lowe, because they will only tell him the proportion to the minimum wage MLB. This total will be removed from $ 2.33 million remaining on the salary of $ 10.3 million in Lowe for the 2025 season, the Nationals covering the rest. Lowe also has a last year of control of the remaining refereeing, but unless he does an absolute tear in Boston during the rest of the season, the SOXs are likely to do not do this winter rather than give it an increase in this figure of $ 10.3 million.
It is sure to assume that the Red Sox probably consider LOWE as a stop for 2025, with Casas on the horizon for a return in 2026 and perhaps more Boston prospects (i.e. Kristian Campbell,, Jhostynxon Garcia) perhaps be considered candidates of the first base on the road. Lowe’s signature tackles one of the few weak links on a list that shares the first place of the Joker with the Mariners, and is five Blue Jays games for the first place of Al East.
