Is Lowell Close to Signing?

I may have been way off on my last post. Here is what Buster Olney said on his blog at ESPN this morning: "Heard early this morning: Mike Lowell is close to re-signing with the Red Sox, for three years. Assuming that the I's are dotted and the T's are crossed without a final hangup, the heavy lifting of three major players in the AL East -- Boston, New York and Toronto -- is all but over." Let's hope he is right.