This guy is such a variable in thinking through the 2010 roster construction. He could be:

- Our starting SS
- Our super-sub 2B/SS/3B
- A key trade chip
- An almost total non-factor due to a lingering wrist condition
- Although less likely, a platoon 3B with Lowell

Part of the recent Gammons blog post regarding our future at SS focused on Jose Iglesias, as mentioned in a separate thread, but also had this to say about Lowrie:

The 25-year-old Lowrie this week had his surgically repaired left wrist rechecked in Arizona and was told he should have a normal recovery and full strength in both hands and wrists. "It was," Lowrie texted, "a relief."

But if Lowrie is healthy, they believe he will be their shortstop -- an intelligent defender who reads swing paths and pitches, has slightly below-average arm strength and an understanding of how to make the plays. When he started in Yankee Stadium against CC Sabathia in September, Lowrie gave the Sox a glimpse of what he can be, taking Melky Cabrera to the center-field wall off Sabathia and easily making a difficult play on a chopper over the mound.

One Red Sox official says "sometime around June next year someone'll ask, 'Did you see this coming with Jed Lowrie?' "