With each growing day here in the early stages of Off-Season 2007-08, the idea of Mike Lowell taking the extra year + cash to play for a different team looks more and more truthful. The Red Sox have maintained through this process that they will not go further than three years in a contract for the third baseman, but have also proclaimed their finalized offer is a very generous one. My guess: $42 million for 3 years. That
