during the 2004 off-season, adrián beltré, who had hit 48 home runs in 2004, signed with seattle as a free agent, spurning depodesta's offer of 3 years for $30 million for seattle's offer of 5 years for $64 million. depodesta signed j. d. drew, jeff kent, and derek lowe. drew enjoyed two productive seasons as a dodger and then used an opt-out clause in his contract to sign a new 5-year deal with the boston red sox. both kent and lowe put in four productive seasons for the dodgers and cut ties with the franchise at the end of the 2008 season with kent retiring and lowe signing a contract with the atlanta braves.