Red Sox Make Strong Offer to Lowell
In summary the Sox made what is a “very strong” offer to Mike Lowell for a 3 year deal. This deal I would expect to be 12-13 million a year.
I’m not sure how much he is worth considering his normal career numbers. Mike Lowell is a gold glove guy with a solid bat. But for the price of 12-13 million you have to wonder if the money could be better spent.
The Article from the Boston Herald’s Michael Silverman
ORLANDO — While they are not sending out any take-it-or-leave-it signals to his camp, the Red Sox [team stats] made a three-year guaranteed offer to third baseman Mike Lowell, that one club source described as “really strong.”
As the general managers meetings concluded, there was a belief coming from the ballclub that their offer is competitive enough that if Lowell truly wants to re-sign with the Sox — which the club believes and which the club wants to happen — then their three-year offer is significant enough to make him want to stay.
The club remains hopeful that Lowell will agree to the offer but in case he does not, they are preparing to move in other directions, although it appears unlikely they will turn toward the Marlins to make a deal for Miguel Cabrera.
In case Lowell is not part of their future, the Red Sox will look into other non-blockbuster trades to fill the hole at third base, or first base, if Kevin Youkilis [stats] moves to third.
The Red Sox are also mulling the idea of solving a potential third-base hole internally. One idea under consideration would involve having new first baseman Chris Carter enter the major-league mix, as well as shortstop prospect Jed Lowrie.
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My suggestion to Theo would be, resign Mike and go after
A-Rod to play shortstop, his normal position. Shop Coco and Lugo for strong bullpen help or Saltalamacchia who shows excellent promise.
In response to the comment from ALBERT NICKERSON. The idea to sign Lowell, and then acquire A-Rod to play short, sounds great in theory, but do you know how hard it would be to sign the 2 best 3rd basemen on the market, both to the same team. Some team out there would not allow that, not to mention, that’s exactly what i hated about the Yankees the past 7 years, they would sign players just because they were the biggest name available, even if they had that players position filled.
Expect a very tough ‘08 Red Sox club, potential 100 win team.
I think signing Lowell is crucial, i hope he accepts the 3 year 12-15 mil per deal the Sox offered. Once that’s done, forget Rodriguez, let him sit out there asking for 350 million, and let him wait, i only hope teams continue to scoff at that number. Next, as much as i grew to love him, shop Coco, unload his salary (not that it’s huge), but unload it non the less, and try and acquire some pitching or bench help. As far as Lugo goes, forget trading him, he is our SS for next year, period. But ya know what, i wouldn’t be upset about that, he will be much, much better next year i guarantee that. Trading him would require the Sox to eat a fair portion of his salary, and without the certainty of acquiring a much better SS it makes no sense, he will be just fine next season.
My final move would not be a trade or free agent signing at all, it would be simply making sure that this offseason Dice-K, Ellsbury, Pedroia, Okajima, Bucholz, and even some of the PawSox guys like Jed Lowrie, and Brandon Moss, get fully prepaired to come out next season even better than they were in ‘07. I expect Moss and Lowrie to valuable assets off the bench next year, so i think we could potentially have 6, 7, even 8 rookies or 2nd year players on the roster at a time.
The Sox will be a force once again in ‘08, in fact i think they will be significantly better, with the improvement of Lugo, Drew, Dice-K, and believe it or not i expect 15-18 HR’s out of Dustin next year, he knows how to swing that club, us 5′8″ guys gotta stick together.
Theo has said the rumor of the Sox wanting A-Rod to play SS was falsified.
Dustin I’d say 10-15 homers. Almost every homerun he hit was because someone threw him a high fastball he could catch up to. Pitchers are going to avoid throwing anything high to Pedroia anymore, so he’ll have to come up with HR power other ways.
Moss and Lowrie might not see much time next year because it would be better to get them experience down in AAA and have a solid veteran as a bench guy. That said, I expect them to have a part in the Red Sox near future.