Indians trade for Derek Lowe

[spockmaster]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/10/indians-acquire-derek-lowe.html


the indians start the offseason with a resounding meh.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Lmao.

 

[byco42]

They topped that by not picking up Sizemore's option and by picking up Carmona's.

 

[spockmaster]

I wonder if the rest of the GMs in the division (sans Kenny Williams, who probably thinks those were good ideas) are laughing at them.

 

[kalinecountry]

even with a bad year pitching lowe had a GB rate of nearly 60%.
The indians total infield regular starters UZR was -34.

 

[justinrose74]

Lowe is 10x better than Penny

 

[spockmaster]

who cares? its not like penny will be back next year. and lowe likely isnt their 5th starter, hes probably their 3rd or 4th.

 

[kingofdetroit57]

What on Earth is this team doing? I thought they were rebuilding, then they went out and traded away good young prospects to get Jimenez who has had all of 1/2 of a great season and has pretty much sucked other than that. Now they trade for a 38 y/o pitcher who had a 5+ ERA in the NL, don't pick up the option on Sizemore, but pick it up on Carmona? I'm so confused... the only thing I can figure is that they value pitchers who look good 25% of the time, but get shelled the other 75% of the time.