Jed Lowrie’s Future
Lowrie hit a home run for the Paw Sox last night and, more importantly, performed well in his brief call up to the major leagues. Some people have questioned whether Lowrie projects to be a shortstop long term or whether he will eventually switch to second or third base. It was tough to tell how Lowrie’s skill set will translate in the Major Leagues because his spot starting made it difficult to tell how he was adjusting to top talent. We really need to see him play everyday against major league caliber pitching
I am not sure where the Red Sox will play Lowrie long term but his versatility works in his favor. What he needs to concentrate on is just getting in the big leagues. His willingness to play whatever position is asked of him will be what makes him catch on with this team - or any other. I remember Jeff Bagwell back when he was in the Red Sox organization as a young third baseman. We had Wade Boggs firmly entrenched at third in those days so Bagwell started taking work at first before he started his career in Houston.
With the millions of dollars committed to Lugo, Pedroia at 2nd base, and two potential third basemen in Lowell and Youkilis, would anyone be suprised to see if the Red Sox shop their prized prospect to other teams?
May 14th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
If the errors keep piling up for Lugo at SS the Sox may want to cut their losses aka Edgar Renteria and go with the youth movement up the middle with Pedroia (who came up as a SS), Lowrie and Ellsbury.
May 15th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Lowrie may get all this negative slack about his defensive performance (mostly a lack of range) but I mean.. look at Lugo. The only reason Lugo has stuck around as long as he has is because they think he’s got an excellent offensive upside (or the potential).
I think Lowrie definitely has that same upside but with even more plate discipline than Lugo. I agree with Peter in that there’s a good chance they cut their losses with Lugo and promote Lowrie. Especially if we keep Cora around for a late-game defensive replacement (I know he mentioned last year how much he misses having a starting job but I’m hoping he’ll come around and realize that he doesn’t have the offensive prowess to start anymore.)
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:01 pm
i believe he looks more comfortable at third , i just don’t see the agility needed to cover the SS or 2nd pad spots . but then he has a problem , the only place we may have a question is at short . long term that is , with tito consistantly bringing in cora for lugo late in games because of lugos fielding slump .