Mike Lowell in pin strips?

Illusion · 11-17-07, 03:40 AM

Let's assume they do sign him, what are they gonna do with Giambi?

onlooker · 11-17-07, 06:02 AM

Originally posted by Illusion

Let's assume they do sign him, what are they gonna do with Giambi?

He will be the Yankees David Ortiz. DH him?

cartay · 11-17-07, 11:46 AM

The Sox will make (or made?) a competitive offer, but it remains to be seen whether it can match what the Yankees would give him, and whether the lure of the pinstripes (the team he came up with) is too much to turn down.

Any word on how many years each team is rumored to be giving him?

Illusion · 11-17-07, 04:25 PM

Last I heard the Yankees offer is one year longer.

onlooker · 11-17-07, 04:47 PM

I thought I heard the Red Sox are offering 3 years and the Yankees 4? Not sure though.

bigboydan · 11-18-07, 01:10 AM

Originally posted by onlòóker

I thought I heard the Red Sox are offering 3 years and the Yankees 4? Not sure though.

You heard it correctly Looker. The Yankees offered the 4th year if he would agree to play 1st base.

rjt721 · 11-19-07, 04:10 PM

Done deal. Lowell headed back to Boston.

Mike Lowell and the Boston Red Sox agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million deal Monday, ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney reports.

Both sides have been in intense negotiations all Monday. According to ESPN's Peter Gammons, both the Phillies and Dodgers were apparently willing to go to four years, but Lowell wants to remain in Boston.

"How cool is that?" Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling posted on his blog. "Leaving years and dollars on the table to come back here for three more years, good stuff. Pretty nice to think you are fans in a town that is now a desired destination for athletes across the major sports. Come a long way for sure.

"Congrats to Mike and I've already spoken with a few guys on the team and suffice to say we're all" ecstatic, Schilling said.

Lowell followed a superlative regular season -- career highs in batting average (.324) and RBIs (120) to go with 21 home runs in 154 games -- with an outstanding October. In Boston's four-game sweep of Colorado, Lowell hit .400 (6-for-15) with four RBIs, three walks and a team-high six runs in winning the World Series.

He homered, doubled and scored twice in the Game 4 clincher at Denver's Coors Field en route to being named the World Series MVP.

Lowell, who made $9 million last year, was selected by the Yankees in the 20th round of the 1995 amateur draft. He played eight games for New York in the 1998 season before being dealt to the Florida Marlins in February 1999. He was acquired by Boston from Florida in November 2005 in the Josh Beckett trade.

Lowell's teammates and fans made clear that they wanted to see him back in Boston -- and urged them not to pursue Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who became a free agent before deciding to return to New York.

"Forget about A-Rod. We've got Mike Lowell in the house," Ramirez yelled out during the team's victory parade through Boston.

Lowell, 33, had initially pushed for a four-year deal with the Red Sox.

Illusion · 11-19-07, 05:11 PM

Great move on his part. He's an icon over there in beantown.

pico · 11-20-07, 03:25 AM

i don't think lowell is that great. he is like the lofton of beantown, but he is no a-rod.

tacomax · 11-20-07, 03:52 AM

Look at Lowell's numbers last year. Then look at A-Rods.

If you think that the marginal benefit from having A-Rod is greater than the marginal cost of acquiring A-Rod then I suggest you get a job on the board at the Yankees.

pico · 11-20-07, 04:35 AM

Originally posted by tacomax

Look at Lowell's numbers last year. Then look at A-Rods.

If you think that the marginal benefit from having A-Rod is greater than the marginal cost of acquiring A-Rod then I suggest you get a job on the board at the Yankees.

think of it this way, a-rod will draw more fans to the game, sell more yankees brand mercandise and look way better on tv than lowell ever will. a-rod is young and pretty good looking, so he's appealing to the female as well. in term of making money, a-rod is a cash cow for the yankees.

that is why NBA hates the spurs and the pistons. you need a star on your team to make your team stand out...like kobe for the lakers, lebron for the cavs, and anthony for the nuggets. have bunch of semi-stars working as a team is pretty boring to watch. imo, rating are higher when you have a superstar or a headcase on the team to make things more interesting.

pro teams are more about making money than winning games. kc royals was a such shitty team couple of years ago, but since they got nobody and the weird mlb rules, the royals orgainization was actually making a nice profit.

tacomax · 11-20-07, 06:12 AM

Originally posted by picoman

think of it this way, a-rod will draw more fans to the game, sell more yankees brand mercandise and look way better on tv than lowell ever will. a-rod is young and pretty good looking, so he's appealing to the female as well. in term of making money, a-rod is a cash cow for the yankees.

If Mike Lowell took A-Rod's place next year, are you certain that (noticeably) less fans will attend? They can't fill the stadium even with him there.

Why not take the Clemens example. $28 million a year. Did the marginal benefit outweigh the marginal of cost of acquiring him over Pitcher X?

Originally posted by picoman

have bunch of semi-stars working as a team is pretty boring to watch. imo, rating are higher when you have a superstar or a headcase on the team to make things more interesting.

If that's your opinion of NBA or MLB then you're really not a fan of the game.

swifty · 11-20-07, 09:04 AM

He sign with the red sox again.

moses millsap · 11-20-07, 10:49 AM

He turned down a 4 year 50 million dollar deal from Philly and only asked Boston to increase their original offer of 3yrs/36 million to 3yrs/37.5 million. That's loyalty. Wow.