Derek Lowe News

When baseball's general managers begin to gather Sunday night for their annual meetings, they'll be at a Chicago airport hotel and not a typically swank resort.

The chant started softly in the sixth inning. But within a few repetitions, the entire stadium caught on.

The Braves are hoping baseball writer Bill James is right about Jason Heyward. I would imagine when Braves general manager Frank Wren starts his day, he doesn't think, "Before I call another general manager this morning, let me see what Bill James thinks." But here we go.

I know, I know. It's a crazy headline. Chicago Cubs fans everywhere are rejoicing! The fact is that the latest scourge on their beloved franchise is about to be no more.

If you believe Dave O'Brien, Mark Bowman, and the ever-so-unreliable Ken Rosenthal, Tim Hudson is set to sign a three-year extension with the Atlanta Braves in the neighborhood of $27 million.

Nobody has had a better World Series so far than a former pitcher with a 5.55 earned run average in his only season as a Montreal Expos farmhand.

A This article is the last in a six part series discussing the players on the Atlanta Braves' 25-man roster that will be free agents this offseason.

Having been on the mend, is Tim Hudson now on the wing? Here's a a bit of a surprise: Citing "major-league sources," Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com reports Tim Hudson will decline his option to re-up with the Braves and will become a free agent instead.

Tim Hudson has been baffled by some of the recent reports regarding his future. While understanding there's a chance that he may have to test the free agent market, Hudson's mindset hasn't changed since the first time he made it known that his primary desire was to agree upon a contract extension that would allow him to remain with the Braves.

Second in an occasional series of analyses of the Braves' 2009 campaign, with an eye toward 2010.

Turner Field was primarily quiet on Monday morning. Rookie reliever Kris Medlen came in to pack up a few more belongings and Braves manager Bobby Cox once again provided reason to wonder if he truly will be able to comfortably walk away from the game and into his retirement life at the conclusion of the 2010 season.

It has been a season of some hard knocks for Derek Lowe , and they didn't stop in his finale Friday night.

The Braves knew the odds were stacked against them in their quest to win the NL Wild Card.

Few other pitchers have dominated the Washington Nationals like Derek Lowe. Scan the Nationals' career numbers against the sinkerball specialist, and it becomes obvious.

The Washington Nationals are playing as if they were contenders the last week of the season, not the team that has the worst record in the majors.

Derek Lowe can take solace in the fact that his frustrating season has come to a close.

Mon Sept 28, 2009 5:31am EDT - Derek Lowe gave up seven hits in six innings of work on Sunday.

See? Derek Lowe has indeed won something of note. This is premature. But we geniuses were talking about it last nightA in the press box, and I figured one or two of you might be having a similar conversation.

Amidst the hoopla surrounding the battle for the NL Cy Young, there are inevitably pitchers who fly under the radar almost to the point where they arena TMt even appreciated.

Veteran right-hander Derek Lowe can keep the hard-charging Atlanta Braves in the thick of the National League playoff race today when they face the Washington Nationals in the finale of a three-game set at Nationals Park.