"The Indians acquired Derek Lowe from the Braves, tweets John Kreger. The Braves will pay all but $5MM of Lowe's $15MM salary, tweets ESPN's Buster Olney. Olney says the Braves will receive a second-line player in return, and ESPN's Keith Law tweets that it's an A-ball reliever (MLBTradeRumors)."
There were people who wanted the Sox to land this guy last year, and I'm glad they didn't. Derek Lowe is washed up, and I think he is going to get lit up now that he is back in the AL. Lowe, 38, posted a 5.05 ERA, and had an 8.75 ERA is September which was one of the reasons for the Braves collapse. I guess the Indians didn't give up much of anything, and paying $5 million for a starting pitcher is a pretty good deal.
