Because his problems last year had far less to do with his age than the fact that he had hip surgery a year ago and a full recovery from that sort of thing takes about a year, so I gather from rehab-type folks. So this spring he should be fully rehabbed, whereas he wasn't at the start of last season.
________________________________ From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 10:14:16 PM Subject: Re: Adrian Beltre 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]. >>>> >>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. > -- 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. -- 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.
