Why should Lowell be healthier if he's older? Makes no sense. On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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]<redsoxcitizens%[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]<redsoxcitizens%[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]<redsoxcitizens%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in Just 12 Weeks" www.leadingafteralayoff.com -- 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.
