More Lowell
Rob Bradford of the Boston Herald has this to say about the Lowell situation. The key being he has talked to a source in the Atlanta organization who said Lowell has not been part of their planning and rumors out of St. Louis suggest they aren't interested either, both run contrary to the WHDH report from yesterday.
That does leave New York in the running as well as Anaheim.
Also from the Herald, Tony Massarotti has this to say about the Lowell situation. He indicates that Philadelphia also has interest, but there are no details of an offer.
Massarotti suggesst that the time is quickly coming that Lowell has to figure out what he should do:
4 years, $48mm - $60mm from someone like NY or Anaheim.
or
3 years, $36mm from Boston (ESPN is reporting it could be 3 years worth as much as $45mm).
Of course if Lowell is still productive after 3 years, he can re-up with Boston or someone else. But that is no guarantee (which is why Boston isn't budging on their offer). So if he signs with Boston, he is leaving 1 year and between $12mm - $24mm. That is a bunch of money.
Again, my heart tells me to go to 4 years. I mentioned this the other day too, why not offer a vesting 4th year option that has fairly easy triggers? At the very least Boston gets some certainty out of the 4th year. But get ready for disappointment Boston fans.
