Derek Lowe closing in on deal with Mets

Good for the mets. I am glad the sox didnt pursue this alcoholic cheater.

Good-we can boo him along him Texeira and Manny at Fenway this year too...

Good for Lowe if he can get a deal like that. He was always faithful to the Sox and I'm sure would return if was given the option. Hopefully fans at Fenway show their appreciation. To me, this seems nothing like the Texeira deal.

There may be good reasons to boo Derek Lowe - I seem to remember allegations of marital infidelity, which seems a good reason - but accepting a contract isn't among them. Wouldn't you accept huge piles of cash if someone offered them to you, just for throwing a baseball? I know I would.

why would you EVER boo derrek lowe? EVER?! do you really not remember what he did for you in 04?? thickheaded boston fans.............

The Sox could afford that. 3 yrs with a vesting option to a guaranteed 200+ inning, sub 3.70 ERA pitcher. Pitching is a reasonable need, and this is a reasonable contract. Teixeira was not. Bring Lowe back to Beantown.

I would not boo Lowe. The front office never made it clear they wanted him for next year.

why would you ever boo derek lowe? he won us a world series in 2004

Why would you boo guys that brought championships to Boston in 86 years!! Yeah, what a great fan you are!

The Mets will have the last laugh in 09, peeps.

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Aww... MoneyTalks... Sounds like you have a bit of envy since your GM is afraid to pull the trigger. You're a big market team too, you could have bid the same as anyone else, but you think you have this high and mighty stance, well you don't get that feeling after spending 100 million on a 3 year picther. So quit complaining to us NY'ers and go complain to your GM and owner about spending a dollar or two.

he helped get you a ws title...why would you boo him? manny screwed you guys i agree.......as far as tex, thank your own retarded ownership for that move.
as a mets fan, who has become a pretty big sox fan because of my hate for the yanks, i am totally disgusted at what transpired yesterday.

he helped get you a ws title...why would you boo him? manny screwed you guys i agree.......as far as tex, thank your own retarded ownership for that move.
as a mets fan, who has become a pretty big sox fan because of my hate for the yanks, i am totally disgusted at what transpired yesterday.

Money Talks, how often are you going to get to do that with him on the Mets, idiot

Lets Get It Done....METS ARE BACK....

Why would we boo Lowe? How about a standing ovation?

I can't wait for the next free agent acquisition by the Sox this winter. Actually, make that the FIRST free agent acquisition...

I can't wait for the "we can't compete without a state (i.e. taxpayer) funded new facility" press release or email to come out of Yawkey Way.

Keep crying poor while squeezing fans for every dime you can.....

Why would you boo Lowe? Have the Sox made him an offer?
How soon they forget ...

I seem to remember the "Mets were back" when they singed Pedro a few years back. I'm not so sure Lowe is the savior either...

Derek Lowe will be an excellent addition to the Mets and Red Sox fans should be happy for both sides. Plus, be happy that the Yankees took AJ Burnett instead of Derek Lowe. Burnett only comes through in his contract year, while Lowe is reliable and consistent.

If the sox weren't willing to pay $9 mil for Lowe in 2005 when he was younger, why would they want to pay $14 mil now?

Lucchino, Epstein, and Henry are becoming cheaper and cheaper everyday. There is no way this team does not have tons of cash to spend on free agents. Please...Lowe would have done wonders with the young pitchers like Masterson. Instead, we have no catcher...got screwed on Lugo by Boras, and now over 12 million bucks (which they could make back on merchandise) they turn down signing a first baseman in his prime with a great bat. Now he gets to bash us with the Yankees.
People forget quickly how bad this team looked against Tampa offensively. Pitching-wise..the team made mistake after mistake to the young hitters from Tampa. Why is it that Philadelphia made the Tampa 4-5-6 hitters look like crap? Likely because of better scouting.
Also in the series, Big Papi looked like garbage...Jason Bay was horrendous. Pedroia did not do much until the last few games. I really don't see their master plan except to turn the Red Sox into the Rays or A's. Bring Manny back...he probably wouldn't even remember the fighting. Pay the guy and bring him back.

I like this move for the Mets, but Lowe is an NL pitcher. He would suck against the AL. No hard feelings on Lowe - he was HUGE for us in 2004 - I believe he won the clinching game of every series in the 2004 postseason. Any Sox fan who would boo the guy is an ignoramus.

Geez the guy got every win for us each of the decisive games in the World Series, ALCS and ALDS when he was here.

He should be celebrated, not booed.

The Sox, the way they're put together right now: Proven Winners. Will get the job done in '09!

THe Sox will swoop in an grab him for less than the Mets offer. Mark my words. And no, I would never, every boo Lowe. He came to Fenway to grab his ring while a member of the Dodgers. He knew he would face repurcussions in LA, which he did, but he wanted to be here to celebrate the World Series victory.

I want Lowe back home, where he belongs. Let' s see if Theo has wings and swoops down to make a steal from another NY team ..

No need to boo Lowe. He did us right when he was here. Brass didn't make him a priority so he walked away for more money. You'd do the same. But I'm glad we didn't over pay for Teixeira. His bat basically replaced Giambi's just like Sabathia's arm replaces Mussina's. That, and the Yank-mes are still in third place.

Listen, as a Mets fan i will be happy if they get Lowe. He is very consistent and will fit into what the Mets like, ground ball pitchers. Dont count out the Red Sox on anything. They have a good team to begin with. just because the yankees print money every year doesnt mean its spent wisely. Tex was worth it. CC was not. A guy that is 300 lbs at 28 years old is going to break down. Burnett, if healthy is a good move. The big question is IF.. The Sox with sneak in and make a good move. Maybe they take a gamble on Oliver Perez. Hey he always beats the yankees but he will lose to the Orioles.

THE REDSOX SHOULD PULL OFF WHAT THE YANKEES DID WITH TEX AND GET LOWE. PITCHING WILL WIN THE EAST...THE YANKEES ARE NOT THAT GOOD ....TAMPA BAY IS.

Now lets resign Oly too and we've got a solid rotation. I'm so excited for 09!

Booing Derek Lowe isn't right. Booing the heck of that hypocrite teixera is the call here. Lowe helped us win a WS in 2004. By the way METS FAN he won't do the same for you cause you'll find a way to CHOKE again.

Lowe was loyal to the Sox. Everyone knows that. He didn't want to leave. Anyone who wants to boo Lowe clearly doesn't know their sports.

tex is just one more over paid player.......the yankees are just one injury from falling to third in the division. at the end of the year everyone will be laughing at the yankees like they have been doing for the last six years...they will still need 7 or more runs a game to win and it wont happen...get your popcorn ready

I'm happy for D-Lowe. He had a rather interesting time with the Sox, from star closer to awful closer, to winning 20 games, being awful down the stretch in 2004 only to redeem himself in the postseason. I knew he'd get a deal somewhere, but I didn't think the sox would give him a multi-year deal at his age. Plus, I think he'd struggle against the AL East after 4 years in the fluff that is the NL West. Best of luck to him.

all this hatred of management. dont you peole realize that the yankees sox rivalry has been radically altered by the new yankee stadium? as jh said, the sox just cant compete with that.

so who is to blame for this, look in the mirror.

you wanted to keep fenway when management wanted to replace it. had it not been for all your opposition, the sox might have been into a new park before the yankees were. now your team is trapped in an inadequate and antiquated park that just will not bring in the revenue to compete with the yankees.

enjoy wating in line!

"There may be good reasons to boo Derek Lowe - I seem to remember allegations of marital infidelity, which seems a good reason"

If that's the case then we should boo 99% of the players.

hey now, we might still be bitter over the texiera incident (or maybe thats just me), but theres no reason to boo good ol derek lowe. its not like the mets are any form of a threat anyway.

Y'sGuy,

Get a clue will ya. The current ownership is the one that killed the new fenway park plan. Also, they make plenty of cash on ticket sales (highest in baseball by far) and NESN. Get better educated before you post.

I hope the front office knows something we don't... like there will be firesale trades this July because of the recession

Once the Mets put up their "final" offer, will Boras run back to Theo to beat it, especially if it's in the $14-15 million per year range? Or is that only a Yankee privilege?

Lowe would be crazy to come back to the American League, if he wants to be a stud pitcher. He's a National Leaguer. While he pitched great in the 2004 postseason, his ERA in his last two years in Boston were 4.47 and 5.42. Of course, had the Sox re-signed him after 2004 they certainly would have gotten more out of him than the Matt Clement disaster.

hitting a ball with a stick is definitely worth millions of dollars. i'm starting a croquet league if anyone is interested. i'm sure the fan base will easily outdue the nhl and the mls and you must possess a nice mallet to join.

Ted, "allegations of marital infidelity" is cause for booing! LOL ! By that logic, fans would need to boo 80% of professional athletes. These guys are rich, they travel from city to city and women flock to them. If you see married professional athletes out on the town, there is a good chance a chick is sitting on their laps! Women who marry professional athletes must either accept this as part of the package, or live in denial. Just ask the wives of Pierce and Burress.

management killed the new fenway plan b/c it was obviously not going to happen with all the oppositioin.

you can deny it all you want but go back and read what henry said this morning, its true, without a new park, you will not compete on top dollar fa's with the yankees

If you boo Lowe you're an idiot. The 2004 guys have earned a lifetime pass in this town.

Except Damon. Oh, and Manny.

So they save $40 mil off last year's salary... Manny, Tek and Schilling. Where that's going to go? These guys aren't like Jacobs - I can't see them spending the profits.

Y'sGuy,

The only ting John Henry is concerned about is sticking more money in his pocket. This is the only place in baseball where you can sell an obstructed view seat (monster seats) for an average of $100 dollars a pop. That's the most disgraceful sham ever. How he sleeps at night is beyond me. In addition to that he makes huge pofits on NESN revenue and park ads.

He should be allowed to make a profit but this ownership takes greed to the extreme. They also dont want a new fenway park. Why else do you think they have been putting money into it?

They will come up with some new obstructed view seat sceme soon. Maybe the next seats will be inside the green monster with an individual peep hole for each person. I can see them charging $100 bucks for those.

The Yankees have a bigger better ballpark and a larger city with a bigger fan base that will always generate more spendable cash than Boston can generate. Get used to it everyone. The Yankees have resources we will never have.

Sounds like a good move by the Mets, picking up a guy who's ERA is in the low to mid 3's and is a groundball pitcher.
Who cares who boos when you're 60 million dollars richer? I'd have my ears waxed shut for a weekend trip to Boston and have them unplugged on my flight back to NY.

My comment should have noted, Yankees And METS

The Mets should never consider giving Lowe 16 Million. Instead they should pony up another 4 million and offer Manny 20 million per for three years. Lowe is solid #3 Pitcher and not worth that deal. I know the Mets need another starter but this isn't best for the team. Manny would earn most of that money back on merchandising and promotion alone. Let alone give them a dangerous line-up. Manny for all purposes will not go flat down the stretch.

That's My Opinion
Met Fan

No one should ever boo anyone from the '04 team, with the exception of Manny (for the disgraceful manner in which he left town) and Damon (for going straight to the yankees in free agency, which is an unforgivable sin unto itself.) otherwise all those guys get a standing O at Fenway every time.

Choke Us ???????????? ..... (the Mets) the last time we went head to head in a meaningful game with the wrong sox..(1986). Bostonians were roaming the streets with tears in there eyes comparing the BUCKNER game to the death of JFK.

Why would you boo D-Lowe. We didn't want him. This isn't a Texiera case where we were discussing a deal and he sc rew ed us.

And for whining Mets fans. 1986 doesn't matter anymore. It might be your glory but newsflash it is the past for us. Now leave us alone. We have to go watch out world series dvd's from this century as well as the choke job you did the last two years

DOTSOXFAN, Embree and Bellhorm and Mientkiewicz went to NY also. They get booed.

DP

Don't worry red sox fans the yankees will still not make the playoffs. They have possibly the worst defensive outfield in the majors. CC Sabathia will get hurt eating a cheeseburger and I think AJ Burnett started feeling pain in his arm while he was signing his contract. Us mets fans will take Derek Lowe he's better suited for the NL. We will give you Oliver Perez you'll love him because the yankees will not win a game against ollie hope to see each other in october.

Love, Mets fans

Actually, I agree with Roman. Manny would be a good fit with the Mets. Only thing is, they need to keep in mind that he's a head case. They WILL have problems with him, but I think they really need his bat.

Typical Mets fan, still talking about a World Series from 23 years ago. Mets teams have been choking every year and you know it. D-Lowe was great for the Sox and loved it here. Needs a standing O for whoever signs him. Hope it is the Sox. Bring in Dunn or Burrell for power and the Sox are primed for another run.

Why the unneccesary comments about the Mets choking? Don't be bitter at us when you guys lost Texiera to the Yankees for 15 mil. and just sat around and watched. Be mad at your onwer, not us

Lowe is NOT a guy to boo. he was great in the playoffs for the sox.

Lowe was great in the playoffs for the sox. Too bad he's going to the mets, I would have loved to him back in the sox rotation. But booing him if ever pitches in fenway again would be knee-jerk and childish.

Minaya has built a team that chokes at the end. Somehow he got an extension on his contract! Lowe would give them a pitcher with some stones.

The Phillie sbeat Lopwe in the NLCS. Great bring him to the MEts. We can beat heim there to.CHOKE ARTISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MoneyTalks....this not pre-2004...what Lowe did was clutch....in my opinion, 2004 Playoff MVP candidate.....what he did was awesome after the reg season he had.....I wish him luck....could not have won WS without him......let go of the anger.....

Phillies were handed the division.THEY DID NOT EARN IT. If the Mets had any relief pitching(even mediocre)they would have beaten the Phils by 7-10 games.Guess what we have relief pitching now so you go into hibernation for another 50 years with your fat ugly manager leading the way.

" Why the unneccesary comments about the Mets choking? Don't be bitter at us when you guys lost Texiera to the Yankees for 15 mil. and just sat around and watched. Be mad at your onwer, not us"

LOL@ Mets fans

AT LEAST the Red Sox owner wasn't dumb enough to invest with Bernie Madoff

Again...

LOL @ Met fans still to this day !!

It must really, really hurt these poor little Nu Yawkers that root for the Mets, that even after an offseason in which they got Johan Santana, that once again, the Mets did a total tankjob in glorious September.

Cole Hamels is right about that loser franchise-- Cole is a great pitcher that actually has seen his team win a world championship .

Mets fans would die to have the two world series lately that the Sox have or that sweet Phillies championship. I recall hearing some NuYawk Muts fans saying that after the Mets got Pedro Martinez, that the Red Sox are "just making wrong decisions"..... Oh yeah, how'd that Pedro thing work out for your team?? HAHAHAHA....

You would think BY NOW, people would wise up and realize the Red Sox have been an excellently run franchise with a wonderful farm system to boot.

(YEAH --- a FARM SYSTEM, do you know anything about that in New York? It's not embarssing to consider a talented farm system to be a must-have.)

The Phillies beat Lowe in the playoffs twice. Lowe had a tantrum in the dugout like a baby, showing that he is a poor sport. If he goes to the Mets he will fit right in with the other losers there. He will not help the Mets beat the Phillies, who win as a team and have hitting, speed, defense, starting pitching, and bullpen pitching better than the Mess. The only thing the Mutts do better than the Phillies is choke at the end when it really counts. With BLowe or without him, the Mutts will be lucky to finish higher than the Marlins in 2009, and will not be a threat to the World Champion Phillies.

Hey Joejaws089... this is an english speaking blog. Take your alien language out of here and learn to speak english. WTF did he say???

C'mon Red Sox Nation and Mets fans should not be fighting... the goal is to bring down the Evil Empire EVERY year.. no matter how many hundreds of millions they spend... two teams that kill them to lose to are us... lets make it happen... we really need Lowe more in order to do that.. ;)

The Yankee front office is going to accomplish the thing they don't want the most. The numbers are so crazy MLB will have to institute profit sharing and/or a salary cap. Especially in this economy, you may see teams going under.

make sure you also boo Dave Roberts, Cabrera, Millar and especially the guy that sacrificed his career to win in '04....... Keith Foulke

HACKS !!!!!!!!

Fenway would never booo Lowe so just quit the bashing regarding that. So what if a few people would they would be drowned out by the cheers for a good guy like Lowe. That said i don't want him back, he is a bad signing for an AL club at this point. I have to second what was said, we turned him down at 9 mill why would we give him 14 4 years later.

I kind of agree with Harry; I'm getting the feeling that John Henry and Co. have decided to cut back and act like a banana republic team. A shame if that is so and all Red Sox fans will without any doubt will know if it this is true within two or three weeks. For us, it means another viable starting pitcher is now gone while GM Epstein strums his guitar and plays around in his gorilla suit. As for Tomen, the Red Sox never swoop down and grab a player from another team; it is always the other way around.

Come on Sawx fans. We are in this thing (Yankee Hating) together. Whenever I get a chance to see a Sox game I wear my Mets shirt and sit and chant "Yankees Su*k!" I make a lot of friends that way. Love Boston and the Sox almost as much as the Mets. Come to citi field and taunt the Yankees with us!

i totally agree with Joejaws089

I dont blame the Sox for not wanting to deal with Boras the snake, I am sure they had enough of him his year. Maybe he can convince a team that Varitek is 33 and has years ahead of him and get him a big deal too. I cant believe the Yankees signed Cash, they seem to sign quite a few of the players the Red Sox let go!! Just not quite sure what that means tho.

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