Remember, just a few days ago, that Derek Lowe was insulted by the Mets' initial offer -- because of Carlos Silva, naturally. Apparently that did the trick, because now the Mets are ready to amp up their courtship. With some other teams in the fray, expect Mets' GM Omar Minaya -- who said he expects negotiations to drag on for the next few weeks -- to raise the offer in order to get his man. As an aside, I have to tell you I'm just overjoyed that Lowe won't be signing anywhere for the next few weeks. We haven't had enough talk about him or his possible desination yet this offseason. He's not yet to Manny Ramirez or Jake Peavy territory, but he's sure getting there.
Anyway, apparently the Angels are also in on the Lowe sweepstakes -- just sort of lying in the weeds. Remember, they lost out on the Mark Teixeira bidding. Though they did sign Brian Fuentes to close games, they still would seem to have plenty of money in the budget to outbid the Mets' $36 million offer. It should be noted that this is an unlikely possibility.
I still think Lowe will eventually end up in Queens.
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1-05-2009 @ 6:38PM
TheHulk said...
Somebody please make the case why this #3 or 4 starter thinks he should earn $16-18mm a year.
and who give a 5 year deal to a 36 year old.
Please don't tell me he's a work horse... Lowe has only five 200+ inning season in 12 trys (Pettitte has 10 in 14 years and he's the same age).
Ben Sheets is a true ACE... and he's a steal in this market.
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1-05-2009 @ 7:38PM
Mike said...
In fairness, Lowe has only been a starter for 7 years. He has 5 200+ inning seasons, and one 199 inning season. That's pretty durable.
1-05-2009 @ 7:48PM
captain tug mcgraw said...
Enough with Lowe. If he wants to play Boras games because he passed up Yankee money and now wants Yankee type money, let's move on to Sheets! Sheets is a steal for less years. Sheets, Sheets, Sheets! Omar, are you listening?
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1-06-2009 @ 3:32PM
LEW said...
YES YOU WILL OVER PAY FOR LOWE, BUT HES A PERFECT FIT FOR THE METS. GREAT WALK TO INNINGS PITCHED AND GREAT HOME RUN TO INNINGS PITCHED. GRAB HIM. PEREZ SUCKS GIVES UP 2 HOME RUNS EVERYTIME HE PITCHES, ALONG WIT 5 TO 7 WALKS. HES A LOOSER. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRADED . AT 10 AND 7 HES NOT WORTH 6MILLION. LET HIM GO. GET MANNY AND HUDSON FOR SECOND. THEN YOU HAVE A WINNER.
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1-08-2009 @ 12:20PM
LEW said...
IM NOT THE METS OWNERSHIP, HOWEVER LOWE SHOULD NOT BE LOST. IF YOU DO YOPU WILL OVERPAY FOR THE HEAD CASE PEREZ. MAKE AN OFFER HE WONT REFUSE, DONT PLAY GAMES SOMEONE ELSE WILL STEAL LOWE FROM THE METS. GET HIM NOW. GWT HUDSON AT SECOND. MANNY IN LEFT. CASTILLO MUST GO SO EAT PART OF HIS SALARY. WITH SNY AND ALL THE LUXURY SWEETS AND ALL THE NERY HIGH PRICES FOR SEATS YOU WILL MAKE IT BACK IN SPADES, DONT GET OVERCONSREVATIVE, GET THE RIGHT ONES NOW..
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