Derek Lowe: When Is An Offer Not An Offer?

I don't know what's worse, too little information or too much. I just read on MetsBlog that the Braves tendered an offer to Derek Lowe. Wow I thought, that sucks... When I saw the source that was cited, I remembered reading that exact article late last night. However, I never remembered reading anything in that article about an actual offer being made. I had to go back and read it again. Here is the the original unedited text from the David O'Brien piece on AJC.com. General manager Frank Wren and manager Bobby Cox met for several hours with agent Scott Boras and Lowe, the most accomplished and durable pitcher left on the free-agent market. "We had a nice talk, went pretty good," Cox said. "Derek's in great shape, ready to go. Who knows? Hopefully we can get close with him." The Braves' offer was unknown. The only offer Lowe had before Thursday was reportedly a three-year, $36 million proposal from the New York Mets (Boras said that offer was...