Who’s he and the place did he come from?
He’s Nathaniel Lowe, lately of the Washington Nationals and fairly probably the one American to go by Nathanial since roughly 1872. Actually, he really glided by Nate early in his profession, altering it again to his beginning title only after his mama yelled at him. The Pink Sox simply picked him up off the scrap heap after he was designated for project by the Washington Nationals after which went unclaimed on the waiver wire.
What place does he play?
He’s performs first base, which (incoming understatement alert!) has been considerably of an issue place for the Pink Sox ever since Triton Casas’s early season damage.
Properly, you’ve already learn the entire “DFA’d by a group that’s 24 video games beneath. 500” factor so that you in all probability have already got a guess at what the reply to this query is. Lowe is slashing simply .216/.292/.373 this yr with 16 homers and his 26.5% strikeout price is the Twenty sixth-highest in baseball. His savant web page makes it clear he’s going by his blue interval, which is cool when you’re Picasso, much less so when you’re a baseball participant:
However Lowe has been good earlier than. He even gained the Silver Slugger again in 2022, when he blasted 27 homers with the Texas Rangers whereas slashing .302/.358/.492. He’s all the time been recognized for controlling the strike zone, shedding unhealthy pitches, and taking walks. And whereas this has been the worst season of his profession, he’s nonetheless managed to indicate energy towards right-handed pitchers, hitting 14 homers and 10 doubles in 302 at-bats (although the .312 OBP he carries towards righties isn’t too spectacular).
Present me a cool spotlight.
Lowe is a baseball brother! His brother Josh is an outfielder with the Tampa Bay Rays, and isn’t above doing annoying little brother issues on the sector:
However that’s actually a Josh Lowe spotlight, so right here’s one other certainly one of Nathaniel blasting a clutch postseason dwelling run:
What’s he doing in his image of there?
Gazing up into the wild blue yonder and searching for his father, who flew fighter jets within the Navy for 20 years.
What’s his position on the 2025 Pink Sox?
It appears fairly clear that he’s going to usurp Abraham Toro because the left facet of a primary base platoon with Romy Gonzalez. Toro has been abysmal of late, so it shouldn’t be too arduous for Lowe to be one thing of an enchancment over there. Possibly Lowe even takes to Fenway’s dimensions and has a mini resurgence down the stretch, which might be good. Granted, I’m probably not anticipating that, however it’s price a shot.
