Sox claim Nthanial Lowe off waivers.

[Randy Red Sox]

former GG 1st baseman hitting .216 with 16 HR this yr

[moonslav59]

My guess is we keep Toro (in Woo) and add Mayer to our long list of 60 day IL players to make room on the 40.

[cp176]

It’s worth a shot.  Maybe he recaptures some prior magic.  He is a solid defender.

[notin]

8 hours ago, moonslav59 said:

My guess is we keep Toro (in Woo) and add Mayer to our long list of 60 day IL players to make room on the 40.

Toro would need to be DFAd first.  He might get claimed. He seems to quite often…

[moonslav59]

11 minutes ago, notin said:

Toro would need to be DFAd first.  He might get claimed. He seems to quite often…

You are right. I thought he had one more option left.

DFA him. Campbell can be the call-up, if Lowe gets hurt or sucks, badly.

[mvp 78]

18 minutes ago, notin said:

Toro would need to be DFAd first.  He might get claimed. He seems to quite often…

He's been really bad, so if someone claims him, I'm not sure it's a move that comes back to bite the Red Sox. 

[moonslav59]

Toro has been bad his whole career (.638 before 2025.) He had one nice 16 game stretch and sucked before and after that.

Lowe might end up sucking, too, but he's not old, so maybe he was just having a tough stretch.

He just turned 30. He has a decent .771 career OPS.

.770 since '22

.740 since '23

Both blow Toro away, especially the Toro- post Devers trade.

[notin]

5 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

He's been really bad, so if someone claims him, I'm not sure it's a move that comes back to bite the Red Sox. 

No one said it would come back to haunt Boston, just that it likely means he’s gone forever,,,

[mvp 78]

1 hour ago, notin said:

No one said it would come back to haunt Boston, just that it likely means he’s gone forever,,,

IDK, he might not get claimed and head to WOO. 

[Yaz Fan Since 67]

I really like this move and surprised there was not more discussion about it.  I am ready for a real firstbaseman.  I've seen far too many tough plays simply not made by our 1st baseman this year.  So many throwing errors could have been avoided if we simply had a legit 1st baseman capable of picking some of those errant throws.  Hopefully his stick returns to a decent level.  

[moonslav59]

41 minutes ago, Yaz Fan Since 67 said:

I really like this move and surprised there was not more discussion about it.  I am ready for a real firstbaseman.  I've seen far too many tough plays simply not made by our 1st baseman this year.  So many throwing errors could have been avoided if we simply had a legit 1st baseman capable of picking some of those errant throws.  Hopefully his stick returns to a decent level.  

His defense will improve what we've had at 1B for years.

I hope he can regain some of his decent O. He just turned 30, so there is some hope.

[mvp 78]

He went from being a negative bWAR guy to a positive bWAR guy just by switching jerseys. Impressive. 

[Bellhorn04]

4 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

He went from being a negative bWAR guy to a positive bWAR guy just by switching jerseys. Impressive. 

1 PA and 1 BB = 0.1 WAR! 

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

39 minutes ago, Bellhorn04 said:

1 PA and 1 BB = 0.1 WAR! 

Instantly better than even the most vocal replacement posters could muster.

And I don't mean we'd all strike out... but taking a walk is less painful than getting hit by a pitch or running out of the batter's box, down the cement dugout steps and into the clubhouse while trying not to blow out an achilles or snap an ankle while wearing metal spikes.

[mvp 78]

5 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

Instantly better than even the most vocal replacement posters could muster.

And I don't mean we'd all strike out... but taking a walk is less painful than getting hit by a pitch or running out of the batter's box, down the cement dugout steps and into the clubhouse while trying not to blow out an achilles or snap an ankle while wearing metal spikes.

A very painful fall could get you immortalized on highlight reels though! 

[Hitch]

Just having what should be a good D at the position is a good enough step for me right now. With luck the bat gets back to what it was as well. 

An almost no-downside roll of the dice.

[moonslav59]

It kinda sucked to still see Toro in the line-up, and then adding Eaton about knocked me off my chair.

[mvp 78]

20 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

It kinda sucked to still see Toro in the line-up, and then adding Eaton about knocked me off my chair.

Cora doesn't trust LHB against LHP. If Refsnyder wasn't hurt, he would have been in there instead of Eaton. 

[moonslav59]

15 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Cora doesn't trust LHB against LHP. If Refsnyder wasn't hurt, he would have been in there instead of Eaton. 

Yes, I agree. I heard Abreu was hobbled, too, to that also helped get Eaton into the game.

[Cameron Tran]

On 8/18/2025 at 7:48 AM, moonslav59 said:

Toro has been bad his whole career (.638 before 2025.) He had one nice 16 game stretch and sucked before and after that.

Lowe might end up sucking, too, but he's not old, so maybe he was just having a tough stretch.

He just turned 30. He has a decent .771 career OPS.

.770 since '22

.740 since '23

Both blow Toro away, especially the Toro- post Devers trade.

Lowe's been a 3 WAR player the past few seasons before this one. Whiff rates and K rates have both jumped, but his BABIP has also dropped 40 points. Hoping it was a weird message from the Nats (his pull rate increased by 5%) that might be causing something. 

[Cameron Tran]

44 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

It kinda sucked to still see Toro in the line-up, and then adding Eaton about knocked me off my chair.

I like Eaton, but he should not be our leadoff man. He can absolutely fly though. Anyone know if hes a solid bunter?

[notin]

3 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

He went from being a negative bWAR guy to a positive bWAR guy just by switching jerseys. Impressive. 

Wait til he starts wearing the green one!!

[notin]

2 minutes ago, Cameron Tran said:

I like Eaton, but he should not be our leadoff man. He can absolutely fly though. Anyone know if hes a solid bunter?

Not really.  Eaton has two good skills - speed and throwing, which he does better than anyone in MLB except maybe Addison Bargar.  (Ever seen that clip when the Royals let him pitch an inning and he was throwing 99mph fastballs by hitters?)
 

Hitting is not his forte in any fashion…

[Cameron Tran]

9 minutes ago, notin said:

Not really.  Eaton has two good skills - speed and throwing, which he does better than anyone in MLB except maybe Addison Bargar.  (Ever seen that clip when the Royals let him pitch an inning and he was throwing 99mph fastballs by hitters?)
 

Hitting is not his forte in any fashion…

Maybe we can let him get some of Hicks innings 

[Duran Is The Man]

3 minutes ago, Cameron Tran said:

Maybe we can let him get some of Hicks innings 

he damn sure couldn't do any worse.

[moonslav59]

39 minutes ago, Cameron Tran said:

Lowe's been a 3 WAR player the past few seasons before this one. Whiff rates and K rates have both jumped, but his BABIP has also dropped 40 points. Hoping it was a weird message from the Nats (his pull rate increased by 5%) that might be causing something. 

Being only 30 gives me hope it can be fixed.

[Kimmi]

On 8/18/2025 at 6:49 AM, cp176 said:

It’s worth a shot.  Maybe he recaptures some prior magic.  He is a solid defender.

My feelings exactly.  He's worth a shot.  There is really no risk involved in this move.  Plus, he's a veteran presence.  It can't hurt.

[moonslav59]

Amazingly, this 30 year old still has one arb year left.

[mvp 78]

5 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Amazingly, this 30 year old still has one arb year left.

He's a super two guy like Duran. Duran won't be a FA until he turns 32. 

[moonslav59]

29 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

He's a super two guy like Duran. Duran won't be a FA until he turns 32. 

I'm hoping he has a super two months.