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Originally Posted by Sweet Chin Music33
I just think this is a classic example of wrong guy wrong team. Lets look at this logically. What was Theo thinking? Its easy to second guess now......but I mean, Cabrera was far superior offensively and defensively. As much as Renterria gets killed for his lone year here, he was a much better offensive player.....and at this point Lugo is on pace to shatter those 30 errors (10 in 33 games!). Alot of us did not like the move when he made it, but we thought maybe Theo knew something we didnt......but he didnt, and almost everyone knew this was a bad move from the get go.
I would much rather see a struggling Lowrie than Lugo, because I think Lowrie gives more defensively, and if he develops at all offensively, he has a chance to at least give what Lugo gave last year (.237, .294, .643), and that worked out well for us.
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The player Lugo is today isn't the player who played for Tampa Bay. IOW, he's not the player that Theo thought he was getting. He's something like half the size for whatever reason. Gammons pointed out that because Lugo's legs aren't strong anymore he plays SS like "the guy who walks accross the ice in shoes before a hockey game". Hence all of the errors.
Gammons suggested that Lowrie might not be ready to handle SS on an every day basis in the big leagues yet either. The guy he suggested as a short-term replacement was Omar Vizquel. If Vizquel can't handle the job full-time, they could have him share it with Lowrie.
Though I am a patient guy and generally want veteran players to be fair given chances, I think its pretty clear that something needs to be done to bring another SS in and send Lugo packing. The Red Sox have a good team and with Vernon Wells out for an extended period, and the Yankees relying on a rotation of Pettite and Wang and prey for rain, the Sox will likely win the division.
But if you loose a game in the postseason because your SS didn't make a routine play you may not have a chance to recover. I would hate to see Lugo cost the Sox at a chance of back to back.
To me this is the biggest priority that needs to be addressed this summer. Bigger than getting a right handed relief pitcher or getting another starter.