They’ve agreed to terms with veteran pitcher Derek Lowe on a four-year, $60 million contract, a person familiar with negotiations said this morning. The deal will be finalized after Lowe takes a physical Wednesday.
Lowe would join a potentially strong new-look Braves rotation that will include Jair Jurrjens and offseason additions Javier Vazquez and Kenshin Kawakami, a Japanesse star who’ll be introduced to Atlanta at a news conference this afternoon to announce his free-agent signing.
Lowe, 35, has been among baseball’s most reliable starting pitchers since moving to Boston’s rotation in 2002, averaging 15 wins, 208 innings and nearly 34 starts over the past seven seasons.
In 2008 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was 14-11 with a 3.24 ERA in 211 innings, including 6-1 with a 1.27 ERA in his last 10 starts.
Look I know this was a good move, but four years? He's 36 years old. He's got two years in him...tops. When the Mets organization passes on him, there's a problem. The Mets would only go 3 years. I, personally, wouldve only gone two. The Braves needed pitching which they addressed this offseason, but man, I'm a little skeptical of this. Time will tell.
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