Rays’ Brandon Lowe gets $11.5 million contract update from MLB insider originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Brandon Lowe has played his first eight MLB seasons for the Tampa Bay Rays.
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He and the Rays are now approaching a key offseason contract decision.
The Rays hold an $11.5 million club option on Lowe. That means that if Tampa Bay wants to keep Lowe, they can exercise his club option, and he would be paid $11.5 million in 2026.
The Tampa Bay Times’ beat writer Marc Topkin wrote, in regards to Lowe and Pete Fairbanks’ ($11 million) club option: “The Rays typically view the bullpen as more changeable and volatile on a year-to-year basis.”
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That points to Lowe being the more likely club option to be exercised.
Tampa Bay doesn’t have a great reason to let Lowe go. He’s been quite consistent for the Rays.
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In the last three seasons, Lowe has put up OPS totals of .771, .783 and .785.
He’ll play the upcoming year as his age-31 season, so maybe a decline is coming eventually, but not necessarily right now.
The lefty swinger belted 31 home runs in 2025 in 134 games, the second-best total of his career. He drove in 83 RBI and added 19 doubles while batting .256, his best average since 2020.
The Rays will have some work to do to stay near the top of the uber-strong AL East, which has the Blue Jays in the World Series and of course has the Yankees and Red Sox.
Lowe is a steadying presence that the Rays know what to expect from, so bringing him back would make a lot of sense.
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