August 13, 2008
Lowell Laying Low
The Boston Red Sox placed Mike Lowell on the disabled list today:
Righthander pitcher David Pauley has been recalled from Pawtucket to take Lowell's spot on the roster.
Lowell struck out looking in the seventh inning after having strained his right oblique during the at-bat.
Sounds like Kevin Youkilis will be getting some play at third and Sean Casey at first.
Posted by David Pinto at
04:05 PM
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This actually improves the offense, getting Casey's .852 OPS in there instead of Lowell's .781. The defense suffers a little, but the switch overall shouldn't hurt the Sox much, if any.
It's sort of like substituting Bay for the Boston version of Ramirez. Didn't hurt a thing, and the mediots who said Boston would suffer were, well, the usual mediots who couldn't be bothered to look at the numbers.