Red Sox signing Nathaniel Lowe for postseason push after shocking release
NY Post
The race to the top of the AL East didn’t stop at the trade deadline.
The Boston Red Sox are signing slugging first baseman Nathanial Lowe after he had been designated for assignment by the Nationals last week in favor of younger players, ESPN.com reported.
Lowe, 30, will join one of the most potent offenses in baseball with Boston in the midst of a tight American League playoff race.
After losing Tristan Casas earlier in the year to injury and former Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers refusing to step in before being traded to the Giants, Lowe figures to benefit from the opportunity by filling in at first base.
Abraham Toro and Remy Gonzalez primarily play first base, but the expectation is that position now turns into a platoon where Lowe gets the lion’s share of at-bats against right-handed pitching.
Toro had been getting those at-bats, but has fallen off of late and there is speculation he could be DFA’d as part of the move.
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