Yanks Want Lowell For First Base

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Cards look to Marsha, ready to jettison Jan
Published 11/15/2007 by ryan vb at Cardinals Diaspora
Wow. This is interesting. MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that the Cards (and several other teams) have made an offer to Mike Lowell. A Lowell signing or an offer would obviously be tied to what ever plans they have for Scott Rolen. Does that really accomplish anything? The salaries would offset, likely cost more for Lowell, and give the Cards a 3B even older than Rolen arguably negating the health risk Rolen carries. Then of course, this begs the question, what’s going on behind the scenes right now with Rolen? Is Mozeliak that positive he’ll ...

A-Rod Seems To Be In, What About Lowell?
Published 11/15/2007 by Brian at Depressed Fan
... , the Yanks are also still interested in Mike Lowell. They want Lowell to play first. Tim Dierkes from MLB Trade Rumors seems to think this move would be just as much to take Lowell away from the Sox as it would be to add his bat to the lineup. ...

Rumor Check
Published 11/15/2007 by cardinal70 at C70 At The Bat
First off, the rumor that died about as fast as it arose.  Apparently, Mike Lowell had been contacted by the Cardinals .  Bernie put that to bed pretty quickly, which was good, because it didn’t really make much sense from the Cardinal point of view.  You’ve got a guy under contract that would probably be cheaper than Lowell would be that ...