After two disappointing years with the Mets, Jed Lowrie returns to Oakland with a minor league agreement, Athletics announced on Wednesday.
Lowrie missed all last season and had only eight appearances on set in 2019 during his brief injury in Queens, which cost the Mets $ 20 million.
“Oakland feels right at home,” Lowrie said. “I’m excited to join this group and do everything I can to help us win.”
The 36-year-old was out of an All-Star 2018 season with an A in which he hit 23 home runs, 99 RBIs and 37 doubles when Brodie Van Wagenen, then general manager of Mets and previously Agent Lowrie signed it in January 2019.
Lowrie started having left knee pain the following month and did not fully recover.
Van Wagenen, who used to bring in former customers, was fired this season after the Mets were bought by Steve Cohen. Lowrie’s signing is considered one of the worst moves in his two-year term.