Comments on: Another Lotto Ticket for Boston http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/another-lotto-ticket-for-boston/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Rice http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/another-lotto-ticket-for-boston/#comment-59371 Jim Rice Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:31:25 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=2289#comment-59371 The Red Sox don't really have a need at SS. Jed Lowrie played well as a rookie and his D, contrary to his reputation, played near flawless shortstop. And apparently, he had an injured wrist which is now completely healed. If you look at his Bill James projections of .276/.366/.417, 37 doubles, 76 walks, I don't know why the Sox would be looking for a SS. Sure, Lowrie is a rookie, but if he falters, you still have Julio Lugo who had a .355 OBP last year and projects at about a .330 OBP (acc. to your 3 systems) which makes him about a league avg. SS. Sons of Sam Horn website which covers just about every aspect of the Red Sox has had almost no discussion about the Sox replacing Lowrie & Lugo. I don't know why they would - the Sox have 2 viable options at SS and Lugo ain't going anywhere with that contract. Let the two battle it out in ST, the other will back-up the IF positions. But I think Lowrie will be a nice little SS to have for the next few years. The Red Sox don’t really have a need at SS. Jed Lowrie played well as a rookie and his D, contrary to his reputation, played near flawless shortstop. And apparently, he had an injured wrist which is now completely healed. If you look at his Bill James projections of .276/.366/.417, 37 doubles, 76 walks, I don’t know why the Sox would be looking for a SS.

Sure, Lowrie is a rookie, but if he falters, you still have Julio Lugo who had a .355 OBP last year and projects at about a .330 OBP (acc. to your 3 systems) which makes him about a league avg. SS.

Sons of Sam Horn website which covers just about every aspect of the Red Sox has had almost no discussion about the Sox replacing Lowrie & Lugo. I don’t know why they would – the Sox have 2 viable options at SS and Lugo ain’t going anywhere with that contract. Let the two battle it out in ST, the other will back-up the IF positions. But I think Lowrie will be a nice little SS to have for the next few years.

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