"The Rays have informed second baseman Brandon Lowe that they'll exercise his $11.5MM club option for the 2026 season, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. It's the final season on the extension Lowe signed back in March 2019. He'll wind up having earned $45MM over the eight years on that deal. Lowe is slated to become a free agent next offseason."
"The 31-year-old Lowe has been a consistently above-average hitter throughout his big league tenure, dating all the way back to his MLB debut in 2018. That includes 2025, when Lowe slugged 31 home runs in just 134 games. The lefty-swinging slugger turned in an overall .256/.307/.477 batting line. While his 6.9% walk rate was the lowest of his career, Lowe's 91.1 mph average exit velocity and 46.4% hard-hit rate were some of the best he's posted in his eight major league seasons."
The Tampa Bay Rays will pick up Brandon Lowe's $11.5MM club option for the 2026 season, representing the final year of the extension signed in March 2019. Lowe will have earned $45MM over the eight-year deal and is set to become a free agent after 2026. In 2025 he hit 31 home runs in 134 games and produced a .256/.307/.477 batting line, with a 6.9% walk rate, 91.1 mph average exit velocity and a 46.4% hard-hit rate. Career figures include a .247/.326/.481 line with 157 home runs; defensive metrics in 2025 were negative. Lowe missed time with oblique and ankle injuries.
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