FORT MYERS — Derek Lowe doesn’t have the Cy Young Award that Rick Porcello can tout, but he does have 176 wins over 17 major league seasons as a sinkerballer to his name.
Porcello can appreciate that.
The former Red Sox right-hander, now 44 and retired since 2013, showed up to camp yesterday at the request of Porcello, who he met in January at the Baseball Winter Weekend hosted by the club.
“I think he wants to get better,” Lowe said of Porcello. “People always look at the dollars these guys make and say, ‘Are they really driven?