Overview

• Multiple outlets report that Lowe flew to Boston for a physical and could be active for Monday night’s series opener in Baltimore.
• The contract will be for a prorated league-minimum salary and leaves the Nationals responsible for most of the roughly $2.33 million remaining on Lowe’s $10.3 million deal.
• Lowe has slashed .216/.292/.373 with Washington this season but brings a Silver Slugger (2022) and Gold Glove (2023) pedigree.
• Boston aims to insert Lowe’s left-handed bat into a first-base platoon to shore up its righty-facing lineup spot, where Abraham Toro has slumped.
• Triston Casas’s May knee injury forced Boston to rely on Toro and Romy Gonzalez at first base and has driven the club’s search for a more potent right-handed power bat.