Jed Lowrie

As I watched Jacoby Ellsbury steal home against the Yankees Sunday night, I thought to myself: "This pretty much sums it up." An aging Andy Pettitte forgets to deliver from the stretch, letting a youthful Ellsbury elude another future Bingo regular, Jorge Posada's, tag at the plate. Would Justin Masterson have made the same error? The two ballclubs could not be headed in more opposite directions. Every year, the Red Sox seem to call up another hyped prospect, while the Yanks continue to overpay for limited talent, and shun their farm system.

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e peak at the battle for shortstop this season and see where each guy stands.  As of March 12, Jed Lowrie and Julio Lugo seem pretty even – on paper anyway.  Jed has played in two more games than Julio and thus has four more plate appearances, giving him a total of twenty four chances to produce at the dish.  While they both have nine hits, two doubles and four RBI’s, Lugo is hanging on to a better OBP and AVG (.478/.450).  I like the fact that Lugo has a nice OBP right now because of his speed.  If he can find himself on the base paths, he’s no doubt a threat to score every time.  Lowrie, however, is hitting the ball well, with two 3-baggers and a slugging percentage of .625!  Right now Lowrie is leading the spring squad in triples.  Nice.

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When Jed Lowrie came to the plate, I turned to my wife and told her I had zero faith in his ability to come through. The words had barely spilled from my mouth when he turned around a Scot Shields pitch to end the series.

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to bear down and masterfully execute his pitches to get the outs he needed.  Only once, after Jed Lowrie booted a gimmie grounder that would have ended the third inning, did Lester allow a run to cross home plate, after Torii Hunter dropped a flare into left field for a single.  After that, Terry Francona’s ace in the hole shut the door on Anaheim and completely blew the Angels’ biggest bats out of the water (Lester didn’t even give up an extra-base hit). 

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in Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Delcarmen, Jon Lester (and you could throw in Jed Lowrie and Justin Masterson) - a list, by the way, that includes two MVP candidates (Youk and Pedroia), the best closer in baseball (sorry Mariano "Skeleton Face" Rivera) and a potential future Cy Young winner (Lester).

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/>SS - Julio Lugo

Exhibit B: The Red Sox lineup, Friday night
CF - Jacoby Ellsbury
3B - Jed Lowrie
DH - David Ortiz
2B - Dustin Pedroia
RF - Mark Kotsay
LF - Jason Bay

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nd Paul Byrd (potentially two of the ugliest pitchers ever to don a Sox uniform, as an aside), that Jed Lowrie would have more RBI than Julio Lugo, that Manny would take his Manny show to the left coast, that Jason Varitek would be struggling to hit .220, that Kevin Youkilis would be the team's most feared power hitter, and that David Ortiz would miss the bulk of the first half with an injury - I'd probably have predicted that the Sox would finish fourth in the American League East.

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However, an injury to Lugo gave rookie Jed Lowrie a chance to prove himself and he has done just that.

No one in Red Sox nation really knew who Lowrie was, but as of late, #12 has proven himself to the fans and the Sox organization. In 46 games, Lowrie has 1 homerun and 30 RBI's. He's been pretty impressive defensively and offensively, and is incredible with runners in scoring position. Lugo on the other hand, struggled with runners in scoring position and has less RBI's than the rookie.

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