Thread: A-Rod to opt out of contract

A-Rod will be back with the Yankees, and there won't be as many changes as I once thought.

It also appears the Yankees are talking with Mike Lowell's reps about signing him to play first base. Overpaying for veteran players seems to be at the top of their agenda.

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

A-Rod will be back with the Yankees, and there won't be as many changes as I once thought.

It also appears the Yankees are talking with Mike Lowell's reps about signing him to play first base. Overpaying for veteran players seems to be at the top of their agenda.

It's always been a Yankee problem.Looking at his career BA at the stadium I would not sign him.

Lowell has that perfect Fenway swing.

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

It also appears the Yankees are talking with Mike Lowell's reps about signing him to play first base. Overpaying for veteran players seems to be at the top of their agenda.

Lowell says he doesn't want to play 1B. He's a Gold Glove caliber third baseman. He doesn't [/i] need[/i] to move.

There is a report saying four teams (including NYY) have offered Lowell four year contracts at $14-15 million per.

The thing I don't understand is why leave?

Your playing for a great team, great park and he just won a world series and from the looks of it Boston management hungers for more.

min0,

the almighty dollar is the only reason why Lowell won't be a Red Sox next season. you can't fault him though, the Yankees are offering him 4 years and $60 million, while the Red Sox are offering him 3 years and $36 million.

in other words, the Red Sox are smart and the Yankees are not.

Originally Posted by I Are Baboon

Lowell says he doesn't want to play 1B. He's a Gold Glove caliber third baseman. He doesn't [/i] need[/i] to move.

There is a report saying four teams (including NYY) have offered Lowell four year contracts at $14-15 million per.

Boston Red Sox - Loyalties divided, but a connection remains - The Boston Globe

Lowell will exit, Rolen will be a Red Sox. You heard it here first..

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

min0,

the almighty dollar is the only reason why Lowell won't be a Red Sox next season. you can't fault him though, the Yankees are offering him 4 years and $60 million, while the Red Sox are offering him 3 years and $36 million.

in other words, the Red Sox are smart and the Yankees are not.

Looks like the Yanks are not the only idiots.
Four teams top Boston offer for Lowell

A Boston television station and the Boston Globe are reporting that four teams, the Atlanta Braves, Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Yankees, have each offered Boston Red Sox free agent third baseman Mike Lowell a four-year contract worth between $55 million and $60 million, exceeding the Sox' three-year proposal

The only money figures I've seen come out are from Dan Roche of CBS4 in New England. The report you're talking about is the WHDH report from last night which people are speculating is premature.

Plus, the Yankees are moving him to first base, those other three teams aren't.

Good, let Lowell go. He will be a good asset at first base but mediocre with the bat. He's the next Damon. I believe this season was his final year during his "prime" and will slowly deteriorate as the years go by.

Like Mino said, he has that Fenway swing. It will not work in Yankee stadium because he doesn't have that much power.

I'd hate to see Lowell go, but I don't think the Sox should offer him the 4 year $60 million contract that's supposedly out there. His career was in a tailspin when the Sox did the Marlins a favor and took him and his contract off their hands. Lowell's swing is perfect for Fenway, and his production will drop big time if he goes to another team. A lot of the wall-balls he hits off the Monster will be outs in other parks.

I have no doubts that Team Theo will find a solid plug for third base if Lowell splits town.

$60 million so Lowell can play 1st base for NY for the next 4 years? Please, please no.

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

$60 million so Lowell can play 1st base for NY for the next 4 years? Please, please no.

That's what I said, besides....they had plans for Damon at first already.

Why are the Yankees now trying to be like Boston?

The Yankees trying to be like Boston? What do you mean?

Well not like them but signing Damon and now Lowell.

I wish it was Ortiz there were going after.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

That's what I said, besides....they had plans for Damon at first already.

Won't first base be getting a little bit crowded? Unless there's been a trade I don't know about, they've got Phillips, Duncan, and Giambi who can play first. And what about Mientkiewicz? Is he still on the team?

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Won't first base be getting a little bit crowded? Unless there's been a trade I don't know about, they've got Phillips, Duncan, and Giambi who can play first. And what about Mientkiewicz? Is he still on the team?

Exactly, those rumors came from Boston.

THE LOW(ELL) DOWN: The Yankees are not engaged in talks to bring Mike Lowell to New York to play first base, according to sources. There have been several recent reports that the Yanks, who had contacted Lowell about third base when they believed they had a vacancy there, were pursuing Lowell with the caveat that he move across the diamond. One Boston TV station reported the Yankees had made a four-year offer worth $50 million-$55 million to the 33-year-old. That report, according to a source, was "pure fantasy." The Yankees already have Andy Phillips, Shelley Duncan and Jason Giambi to use at first base and, according to a source, don't want to make a major investment in another player at first, especially if that player would have to switch positions to play there.