{"id":154896,"date":"2025-08-18T05:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/154896\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T05:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:09:08","slug":"sources-nathaniel-lowe-boston-red-sox-finalizing-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/154896\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Nathaniel Lowe, Boston Red Sox finalizing contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

First baseman Nathaniel Lowe<\/a> and the Boston Red Sox<\/a> are finalizing a deal, sources told ESPN, paving the way for him to join one of the strongest lineups in baseball.<\/p>\n

The deal, which will be for a prorated portion of the major league minimum after Lowe was designated for assignment by Washington earlier this month and went unclaimed on waivers, adds a veteran bat to a first-base mix that has been uncertain since Triston Casas<\/a>‘ season-ending knee injury in May.<\/p>\n

Lowe, 30, had been a consistent presence for the Texas Rangers<\/a> for the past four seasons, including their World Series championship run in 2023. But after an offseason trade to the Nationals, Lowe posted career lows in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Boston was thrilled to bring him in, hopeful he can find a resurgence at Fenway Park, where he could fit nicely on the left side of a platoon. Lowe has hit 14 home runs in 337 plate appearances against right-handed pitching this season, posting an OPS+ 20% better than league average.<\/p>\n

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The Red Sox have split time at first between veterans Abraham Toro<\/a> against right-handed starters and Romy Gonzalez<\/a> against left-handers. In 109 plate appearances against lefties, Gonzalez is punishing them, hitting .354\/.404\/.667. After a strong start to the season, Toro’s performance has faltered over the past five weeks, leaving a potential opportunity for Lowe.<\/p>\n

Despite the questions at first, Boston ranks fourth in runs scored in the major leagues with 626 in 125 games, just 14 behind the big league-leading Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>. The Red Sox have got potential fortification waiting at Triple-A as well, with rookie Kristian Campbell righting his swing, Vaughn Grissom still playing well enough for an opportunity and top prospect Jhostynxon Garcia slugging 17 home runs in 65 games.<\/p>\n

With Lowe going unclaimed on waivers, the Nationals will owe him most of the remainder of his $10.3 million salary. Lowe will be arbitration-eligible next offseason, offering the possibility Boston could bring him back in 2026.<\/p>\n

At 68-57 this season, the Red Sox are tied with the Seattle Mariners<\/a> for the top wild-card spot, a half-game ahead of the New York Yankees<\/a>. The next-closest team in the AL wild-card race is Cleveland, which is 3\u00bd games behind New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First baseman Nathaniel Lowe and the Boston Red Sox are finalizing a deal, sources told ESPN, paving the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":154897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1266,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-154896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115048045939618713","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}