BOS 6, ATL 5: Green, Sox walk-off with win
Nick Green is making the most of this opportunity.
Category: Nick Green
BOS 7, NYY 0: Beckett, Ortiz lead charge past Yankees
Josh Beckett pitched six scoreless innings and David Ortiz extended his hitting streak to seven games to stay undefeated against the New York Yankees this season.
Five shortstops Red Sox could pursue
Green has been a great fill-in with the bat after no one expected him to even get a single at-bat on the year. On defense, however, his lead glove is starting to raise concerns. And Julio Lugo, of course, is Julio Lugo. We'll get to our internal option, Jed Lowrie, in a moment. But for now, let's focus on five shortstops the Sox could go after.
SEA 3, BOS 2: Stretched thin
With Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz sidelined, the Boston Red Sox are starting to feel the affects.
BOS 10, TAM 6: Green, Youkilis lead Sox
Nick Green isn't making Terry Francona's decision to play Julio Lugo over him easy while teammate Kevin Youkilis isn't making opposing pitchers' jobs on the mound any easier.
CLE 9, BOS 8: Snapped
Javier Lopez could use a mulligan.
Lugo returns; is he better than Green?
Get used to it.
While the pecking order clearly deliniates Lugo as the starting shortstop over Nick Green, it will be hard for Lugo to justify starting full-time over Green, at least in the outset.
Read on to see if there's an impending battle between Lugo and Green...
Poll: “Short” handed Red Sox
New Poll Question:
What to do with the Sox caught "Short" handed?
With Jed Lowrie out until at least the All Star break and possibly longer, what should the Red Sox do at SS this season?
- Nick Green all the way to October
- It's Julio Lugo's job to lose for 2009
- Lugo/Green split time until Lowrie gets back
- Bring in Bobby Crosby, or someone else from the outside
- Maybe Hanley's still available (for laughs only please don't vote for this unless your baseball IQ is < 1)
As always, new poll is up to the right...vote away and argue it out in the comments.
Green stellar at shortstop
And while he's hitting .278/.350/.333, eons better than his 241/.310/.347 line, that's not the story here. No, the story is his fielding.
It's looking more and more like Green may be worthy of the bench spot all season long, or at least until Jed Lowrie returns (fingers crossed). Even if he can't hit, his defense out of the infield is valuable.
Lowrie to DL
Our offense is now a sinkhole. Shortstop Jed Lowrie is off to the disabled list with a left wrist injury, with Nick Green becoming the new everyday shortstop. Infielder Gil Velazquez was recalled to take the backup infield role.