The New York Mets signed Jed Lowrie to a two-year contract for $20 million dollars. The veteran middle infielder was coming off a season where he hit 23 home runs and drove in 99 RBI’s with the Oakland Athletics in 2018.
After only having eight total plate appearances last season, Lowrie’s tenure with the Mets is over after he reportedly went home to Houston after missing the entire 2020 season to date.
Injury History
Jed Lowrie suffered a sprained capsule in Spring Training in 2019. He went on to miss nearly the next six months before he came back in September as a pinch hitter. Lowrie was expected to be a part of the club this season. However, he was diagnosed with PCL laxity after coming to summer camp prepared to play.
Manager Luis Rojas has been asked about Lowrie throughout the season and repeatedly said he has no update. When he was on the field, Lowrie was wearing a big leg brace that was supposed to help him play. He even hit a double off of Jacob deGrom in an intrasquad game.
He was signed last offseason around the same time the New York Yankees signed DJ LeMahieu to a similar contract. LeMahieu has gone on to be an MVP caliber player while Lowrie has watched from the sidelines.
It is just another one of the poor moves Brodie Van Wagenen has made in his tenure as Mets General Manager. Nobody could have imagined that Lowrie, a former client of Van Wagenen, would miss nearly two seasons, but the reality is New York could have used the money elsewhere.
It also just goes to show why little has gone right for the Mets in the past few years. They signed a former All-Star and had him not register a hit in two seasons and are on their way to missing the postseason for a fourth consecutive season.
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