Red Sox
Fast fact: Hitting .330 (38 for 115) with .384 OBP at Fenway; 0 HR in 108 ABs at Yankee Stadium. Lowdown: Sox fans who trust their eyes will find it incredulous that one defensive metric (runs saved against the average) rates Alex Gonzalez’s shortstop defense (-3) slightly worse than Lugo’s (-1), but what is indisputable is that Lugo’s bat will be a major upgrade, assuming he is the player he was in Tampa Bay and not the miserable lost soul who was playing out of position with the Dodgers.
SS Julio Lugo
Fast fact: Hitting .330 (38 for 115) with .384 OBP at Fenway; 0 HR in 108 ABs at Yankee Stadium. Lowdown: Sox fans who trust their eyes will find it incredulous that one defensive metric (runs saved against the average) rates Alex Gonzalez’s shortstop defense (-3) slightly worse than Lugo’s (-1), but what is indisputable is that Lugo’s bat will be a major upgrade, assuming he is the player he was in Tampa Bay and not the miserable lost soul who was playing out of position with the Dodgers.
(Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)