They asked Luhnow... I posted it when me and Hey Now! were going back and forth about it (he thought it would be doubtful that they'd attempt Lowrie at first, given how much Carter had played there). Luhnow was open to it... but it very well likely came down to where Lowrie was comfortable... and as you said earlier, with the shift he plays the SS-3B better than Valbuena does. And his arm, while weaker than Valbuenas, is still more accurate... and Valbuena is still a platoon player who's going to have to move more than Lowrie (who should be in the lineup everyday if healthy).
well. well. well. the offense finally shows up... I'm LOVIN' IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This makes baseball so much fun to watch, when everyone is just clicking. Happy dance!
The Astros should be able to hold off the negative run differential Rangers... thus we technically need to be gaining ground on the AL East division leaders in order to gain home-field advantage for the division series.
Pretty damn good insight from Blum on the history between McCann and Gomez... guarantee you Ashby would be way off base in his "intriguing speculation."
