More Derek Lowe

OK - now I can't stop thinking about Derek Lowe (not in a gay way though - not that there's anything wrong with that).

If Lowe does play elsewhere - Detroit and the Mets would be the best fits. Texas, Colorado and the Yankees would be the worst fits. Lowe is from Michigan so the Tigers would be like coming home and the expectations wouldn't be crushing because it's the Tigers. The Mets would be a good fit because Shea is a pitchers' park and the Mets have a good infield. Texas and Colorado would be mistakes because of the parks. The Yankees would be wrong because he has a career 4.91 ERA at Yankee Stadium and he would become the equivalent of Jeff Weaver and Kenny Rodgers quicker than you could say fifth starter.

The Braves would also be a good fit and they could drop Russ Ortiz next year to pick up Lowe.

When you look at the players most similar and most similar by age via Baseball-Reference.com - you come away pretty unimpressed.

Earlier I mentioned Bruce Hurst as a player Lowe may want to think about when making his decision. Another player who Lowe should think about is Chan Ho Park who was another Scott Boras client. Park took the big money to leave the comforting pitcher's womb of Chavez Ravine and now he has become a punch line (but at most he got that money that Boras promised him).

I do hope that the Red Sox can keep Lowe because if he plays half his games at Fenway - he's an almost guaranteed 17 wins per year.