Boston Red Sox - Lugo a flop, so he's flipped with Pedroia - The Boston Globe

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Youth to the Top
Published 6/13/2007 by StatsGuru at Baseball Musings
The Red Sox flipped Dustin Pedroia and Julio Lugo in the lineup last night , making the rookie second baseman the leadoff hitter: You need only check one column on the stat sheet to understand why the move was made: Pedroia had an on-base percentage of .399, third on the team behind Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz. Lugo was at .274 (.276 in the leadoff spot, tied with Rocco Baldelli of the Devil Rays for worst leadoff OBP in the AL). Contrast that to Hanley Ramirez, the former Sox prospect who began the night with a .425 OBP while batting leadoff for the Marlins. Some teams wind up with a position that they just can't fill correctly. The Mets were famous for a long time for not being able to find a steady first baseman. The Mariners tried a new left fielder every year. Now the Red Sox keeping rotating in a new shortstop every season ...

The Week In Quotes: June 11-17 by Alex Carnevale
Published 6/18/2007 at Baseball Prospectus
... . (Gordon Edes, Boston Globe ) "The only identification is identifying the statistics so that this group of evolving statistics for the second baseman can be followed. The name is only to identify the statistics. It’s not to steal the identity of the second baseman." --Judge James Loken , debating MLB counsel in the current case regarding fantasy statistics. (Maury Brown, ...