Lowe had a slash line of .265/.361/.401 with 16 homers and 69 RBIs last season.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe has been traded to the Washington Nationals, the team confirmed Sunday.
ESPN insider Jeff Passan was the first to report the trade.
The Rangers will be getting left-handed reliver Robert Garcia in the deal.
Texas is parting with Lowe after acquiring slugging corner infielder Jake Burger from Miami for three minor league players during the winter meetings less than two weeks ago.
The Nationals were in need of a first baseman and a middle-of-the-order bat, and this deal represents general manager Mike Rizzo’s first acquisition this offseason of a hitter with a track record.
Rizzo’s only other significant signing this offseason was free-agent pitcher Michael Soroka to a $9 million contract for 2025.
Washington is coming off a 71-91 record, its fifth consecutive losing season since winning the 2019 World Series. No players remain from that year’s club.
Lowe, 29, batted .274/.359/.432/.791 with 78 home runs and 299 RBI in 615 games across four seasons with Texas. The left-handed-hitting first baseman debuted with Tampa Bay in 2019 after being selected by the Rays in the 13th round of the 2016 MLB Draft from Mississippi State University and was acquired by the Rangers in a six-player trade on Dec. 10, 2020.
Garcia was originally selected by Kansas City in the 15th round of the 2017 MLB Draft from the University of California, Davis. The Manteca, Calif. native has seen Major League action in each of the last two seasons, totaling a 5-8 record and 4.03 ERA (41 ER/91.2 IP) across 97 relief appearances for Miami (2023) and Washington (2023-24).
Garcia finished in the top-10 of MLB left-handed relievers last season (min. 50.0 innings pitched) in strikeouts per 9.0 (7th) and home runs allowed per 9.0 (10th, 0.60). His 11.31 strikeouts per 9.0 figure was the second-highest by a qualified left-handed reliever over a single season in Nationals history (since 2005), trailing only Sean Doolittle’s 2018 campaign (12.00 SO/9).
Editor’s note: The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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