Boston is currently holding onto the second wild card seed at 67-56 and is 5.5 games back from the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East. The Red Sox are more than capable of reaching the postseason, but adding a talented first baseman like Lowe could be the difference in making a deep run and facing an early exit.

Could the Red Sox end up with a veteran first baseman after all? Find out why they'll make a run at former National Nathaniel Lowe.

Newly available slugger Nathaniel Lowe presents an intriguing but financially complicated first base option for Red Sox