The Tampa Bay Rays brought back second baseman Brandon Lowe, likely meaning that he's no longer an offseason target for the Seattle Mariners.
On Friday, the Tampa Bay Rays announced that they had picked up their team option on second baseman Brandon Lowe.
According to Rays reporter Marc Topkin, that option is for $10.5 million. The team holds another team option next season.have picked up Brandon Lowe's $10.5M option for 2025. Will return for 8th season with Rays.This is noteworthy to Seattle Mariners fans because Lowe had been linked to the Mariners earlier this offseason. As predicted, the M's declined their team option on second baseman Jorge Polanco, meaning they have an opening at the position now.
The former All-Star is coming off a year in which he played just 107 games and hit .244. Though he does have power , he only got 68 at-bats against left-handed pitching last year, making him not a full-time player. More than $10 million is a lot of money, likely more than the M's want to spend, for a platoon player. He played just 109 games in 2023 and 65 in 2022.
For his career, Lowe is a .245 hitter. He made the All-Star Game back in 2019 and hit a career-high 39 homers back in 2021.could also try to bring Polanco back on a lesser deal next season, but if they don't, they will have had a new second baseman every single year since Robinson Cano was traded after the 2018 season.
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