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The Braves tried to trade Lowe, but no team was interested in taking on his contract without Atlanta picking up a large portion of the money owed. Atlanta dealt Javier Vazquez to New York for center fielder Melky Cabrera, a move that appears to have solidified Lowe's place in the rotation. "Absolutely not," Lowe said when asked by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution if he'd enter Spring Training with a chip on his shoulder. "When you're a year into a four-year deal -- obviously when you're going through the free-agent process you pick a place you want to go, you do all that homework, you get there, find a place," he said. "That was the frustrating part, you find a place you like, [but] Atlanta gives no no-trade clauses. ... That had everything to do with [his comments last month]. It was nothing with not liking Atlanta. Look at it any way you want, but it was just that I wanted to stay." |
A month ago Derek Lowe expected to be traded by the Braves, but he's now putting rumors in the past and focusing on staying in Atlanta.