Lowrie's Back, Back Again...

I’m trying to put a positive spin on this Lowrie acquisition. I’m failing.

The A’s should be doing everything they possibly can to eradicate the memory of their 126-count error performance (.78/game) last season, the highest in the entire league. Four below Pittsburgh, who had the second most. Maybe Lowrie can help. Or maybe he won’t. It’s hard to tell, as Lowrie missed a three-month-chunk of last season due to a thumb injury that saw the emersion of Astros rookie phenom, Carlos Correa, spring up in his place (and then take his spot permanently).

The most I can gather is that they’re looking for a middle-of-the-line versatile infielder… to add to their already large collection of middle-of-the-line versatile infielders.

Okay, if not that, perhaps a familiar face? The A’s acquired the 31-year-old Lowrie from the Astros on Wednesday, November 25th for minor league right-hander, Brendan McCurry. Weirdly enough, the Athletics already acquired Lowrie from Houston before the 2013 season, and then lost him to Houston less than a year ago. So, he’s back. Again. For $7.5mil.

I suppose somewhere, somehow, this trade made sense. Someone decided it was a good idea, convinced some other people it was a good idea, and then it happened.

While the organization has stated this off-season that they’re not worried about money, there are a few other positions that could use work before the acquisition of Lowrie. If we had to get an infielder, I’d have rather seen money put into someone who will be even a little more of a threat at the plate and help us cut down on that error count.

Plus, we already have an infielder named Lawrie, so good luck there.

What names will be where in our plethora of infielders remains to be decided, but the A’s being the A’s, it will probably never be decided and we’ll end up with a roulette of sorts until something sticks. Here’s to hoping something does. Looking forward to a drop in error percentage next season.

Hint. Hint…