gammons on lowrie

from boston.com:

I think Lowrie is their SS at least for the next couple of years. I realize that his is a very brief window but one NL team that does defensive ratings like Red Sox and Indians has Lowrie's defense ranked 5th among the 62 ML shortstops. I might add that Derek Jeter and Jose Reyes were in the 40's. Whether or not his range holds up way above ave. over an entire season is something we'll have to see but he is an above ave. offensive SS who brings a grinding approach to every at-bat. I think they'll have to figure out what to do with Lugo once season is over. If he accepts it it will be interesting to see if he goes back to his role with tampa which is a super utility man. He's played 2nd, 3rd, and the outfield and might be valuable in that role again if he would accept it.