Braves sign Derek Lowe to 4 yr/$60 million contract

First it's 33 year old Japanese import Kenshin Kawakami, then it's Lowe. Jair Jurrjens, Javier Vazquez and a fifth starter de jour round out the Braves' rotation. The Braves franchise is apparently still in business, even after the departure of team mainstay John Smoltz.

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I wonder if the #5 is Jorge Campillo

That guy tortured the Brewers.

by ol Pete on Jan 13, 2009 8:14 PM CST reply actions

he's in the running apparently...

Charlie Morton, Jo-Jo Reyes and youngster Tommy Hanson are also in the mix

by Evan Hochschild on Jan 13, 2009 8:17 PM CST up reply actions

Big Impact Signing

Chris Burke signs with the Padres.
Can’t he be a Cub or something?

by entropic soul on Jan 13, 2009 8:35 PM CST reply actions

blasphemy

I don’t want to have to root against Burke. If he joined the Cubs, I’d have to hate him on principle.

by Only_A_Lad on Jan 13, 2009 8:40 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, but he'd make the Cubs worse

Thus, making the Astros better by comparison. He owes that to us.

by entropic soul on Jan 13, 2009 11:40 PM CST up reply actions

Assuming he ever played

But I’d like that.

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by Stephen Higdon on Jan 14, 2009 2:34 AM CST up reply actions

How about Mike Lamb?

Anyone see a final good season out of him?

by ol Pete on Jan 14, 2009 7:06 AM CST up reply actions

possible.

I like his chances better than Aaron Boone’s. In fact, Lamb has sort of a history of following up bad offensive seasons with good seasons.

by clack on Jan 14, 2009 7:42 AM CST up reply actions

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