I disagree. Perhaps he's a better defender, though probably not by much, especially when you consider Lowell should be healthier next season than in '09, given that he'll be more than a year out from hip surgery. Beltre's OBP last year was .304 and his career is .325 -- Lowell gave the Sox .337 in a season where he was hampered by injury and his career is .343. And he hit 17 homers, which projects out to the low 20s in a full season. I'd be surprised if Beltre hit significantly more than that in a full year at Fenway. The only upside I can see to Beltre is he's younger (supposedly).
I imagine Lowell in Arlington over 2010 will have similar numbers to Beltre in Boston, if that's how everything shakes out. The difference is Texas will be paying $3m for that production, Boston $9m plus whatever Beltre gets. -- Matt ________________________________ From: Steve Ouellette <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 9:09:40 PM Subject: Re: Adrian Beltre Beltre is a brilliant defensive third baseman, and he's also a dead right-handed pull hitter who was swallowed up by Seattle's home park the last few years. He was hurt last year and pretty terrible, but overall a pretty good player. Would be a fair step up from what Lowell gave us last year. Steve O On Fr.i, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]> wrote: > >I don't get the attraction, if the rumors are true. Theo's fixations are a >mystery to me. > >-- Matt > >-- > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red >Sox Citizens" group. >> >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >> >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
