The Atlanta Journal and Constitution is reporting that the Atlanta Braves have come to terms with free-agent starting pitcher Derek Lowe on a four-year, $60 million deal.
If those indeed are the terms, it far surpasses a reported three-year, $36 million offer the Mets made to Lowe.
The Braves' move is the third significant one they've made this off-season to upgrade their starting rotation. Lowe joins right-handers Javier Vazquez, whom the Braves acquired from the Chicago White Sox and Kenshin Kawakami, a free agent the Braves recently signed after his long career with the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League.
This week, longtime Braves' ace John Smoltz defected to the Boston Red Sox and it's not yet clear whether veteran lefty Tom Glavine will return to pitch for Atlanta.
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