http://firebrandal.com/2009/09/08/lowrie-activated.html Analyzing the Boston Red Sox since 2003 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:30:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://firebrandal.com/2009/09/08/lowrie-activated.html/comment-page-1#comment-43904 Gerry Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:49:30 +0000 http://firebrandal.com/newblog/2009/09/08/lowrie-activated/#comment-43904 The horse to ride into November is A.Gonzales. His bat is on fire and improving. Tito says he is streaky, so let him streak. He has had years with good offensive numbers, so maybe he and Fenway and his career, at age 31, have put it all together; maybe just because he wants to stay with the Sox. Lord, his defense is still so solid. Jed Lowrie is back, and hopefully he will get going quickly, but I can't see Tito benching Alex in the next few weeks or in the playoffs. Come Spring, they can duke it out: Alex, a healthy Jed, Nick. With Youk & V-Mart (and Ortiz) at 1b, Tito may keep all 3 in case help is needed at 3b. I think each of them is better short & long term than those who may be available through trade or FA (Scutaro, wilson, k.Green, O.Cab, J. Hairston, J. Juribe) except maybe Jose Reyes, who should have surgery now and who might be a rehab project at a more reasonable cost. The horse to ride into November is A.Gonzales. His bat is on fire and improving. Tito says he is streaky, so let him streak. He has had years with good offensive numbers, so maybe he and Fenway and his career, at age 31, have put it all together; maybe just because he wants to stay with the Sox. Lord, his defense is still so solid.
Jed Lowrie is back, and hopefully he will get going quickly, but I can’t see Tito benching Alex in the next few weeks or in the playoffs.
Come Spring, they can duke it out: Alex, a healthy Jed, Nick. With Youk & V-Mart (and Ortiz) at 1b, Tito may keep all 3 in case help is needed at 3b. I think each of them is better short & long term than those who may be available through trade or FA (Scutaro, wilson, k.Green, O.Cab, J. Hairston, J. Juribe) except maybe Jose Reyes, who should have surgery now and who might be a rehab project at a more reasonable cost.

]]> http://firebrandal.com/2009/09/08/lowrie-activated.html/comment-page-1#comment-43903 Bob Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:16:45 +0000 http://firebrandal.com/newblog/2009/09/08/lowrie-activated/#comment-43903 If Lowrie can hit then he's probably the best SS on the team. Still A-Gon has really helped solidify the position so unless he goes into a huge slump he's the starter. If Lowrie can hit then he’s probably the best SS on the team. Still A-Gon has really helped solidify the position so unless he goes into a huge slump he’s the starter.

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