INDIANAPOLIS -- The Boston Red Sox have reached a preliminary agreement to trade third baseman Mike Lowell to the Texas Rangers for catcher Max Ramirez, sources told ESPN. The Red Sox will pay $9 million of Lowell's $12 million salary. The trade was first reported by FoxSports.com. A cash transfer of that magnitude would also require approval from the commissioner's office. Passing a medical exam may not be the formality it is in many trades. Lowell, who turns 36 on Feb. 24, underwent surgery after the 2008 season for a torn labrum in his right hip, which drastically affected his mobility in the field last season. Lowell played in 119 games, but missed a dozen games when he went on the disabled list because of a strained hip.
Can't say anything bad about Lowell. He's a professional in every sense of the word. But he's old. He looks old, runs old, plays defense old. He would be a solid DH but you don't wanna pay him 12 million bones just to platoon at DH with Big Papi so I understand the deal. I guess I'd feel 10 times better about this deal if we had a 3rd baseman. This deal goes through right now then we're looking at nobody at 3rd and a giant hole in left. The general consensus seems to be that we're gonna go ahead and try to sign Adrian Beltre. So essentially we're trading offense for defense unless Beltre decides to have another 30 homerun season like he did a couple years ago when he was on the juice. If we do sign Bay, which I think we will, there is only question left to ask. Are we a better team than we were last year?
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