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Lowrie a National? Thank god, no.
OK, OK. The headline is purposely misleading. But get this, via SBNation's FakeTeams.com:
The Sox inquired about reliever Jon Rauch before he was traded by Washington to Arizona, but the Nationals were asking for top prospects Michael Bowden and Jed Lowrie.
-Boston Globe
That is called highway robbery, folks. At its best, too. Obviously we're not going to give up Bowden or Lowrie for a guy that just "pretty good" for the Nationals. I would trade them Wily Mo Pena though ... oh, wait.