Dec

Lowell for Ramirez trade is "better than 50-50, but not a lock"

By Allan

Update 18:21 PST: Boston.com reports that Lowell needs surgery, trade off.

Update 18:17 PST: Rob Bradford of WEEI Tweets: Mike Lowell will have surgery on his right thumb. Torn medial radial colateral ligament. 6-8 week recovery. Trade unlikely to happen

Update 18:12 PST: Amalie Benjamin, beat writer for the Boston Red Sox, Tweets: Lowell will require surgery for the thumb injury.

Update 12/19 18:09 PST: Amalie Benjamin, beat writer for the Boston Red Sox, Tweets: Lowell has a torn ligament in his right thumb, source says. It appears that the deal to Texas won’t happen after all.

Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports report that the Mike Lowell for Max Ramirez trade between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers will be resolved in “one way or the other” by the weekend. The original trade was rumored last week at the Winter Meetings. Many speculated the trade was done in anticipation of the Red Sox signing Adrian Beltre. The hold up of this trade is due to the possibility of Lowell requiring surgey on his right thumb.

Morosi and Rosenthal go on to say according to one source the chances of the deal are “better than 50-50, but not a lock”.