Red Sox Rumors: Derek Lowe Wants to Wear Red Sox

The Red Sox are on Derek Lowe’s short list of desired teams, Nick Cafardo writes in Sunday’s Boston Globe. “If you’re looking four or five years down the line, they fit the criteria of what I’m looking for,” said Lowe. “It’s not just the fact I played there – but, yeah, there were a lot of things I enjoyed – but they’re definitely a franchise that has a chance to win.”

Lowe told Cafardo he has not had financial discussions with any teams, and that includes the Red Sox…The Mets “don’t expect to outbid either the Yankees or Red Sox for (Derek) Lowe, if it comes to that, especially with agent Scott Boras putting out the word that he’s looking for a five-year deal in the $15 million-$16 million a year range,” according to the New York Daily News . . .

According to Boras, numerous teams have contacted him about the Dodgers’ free agent righthander, writes the Globe’s Adam Kilgore. “There is a very aggressive market for Derek,” Boras said. “A widespread number of teams are interested. Certainly, when there is a pitcher in this free agent market who has established a pattern of durability he has for four years in Los Angeles, that’s going to be there.”

– Boston.com

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