Not for nothing, but don’t forget Young agreed to move from 2B to SS once ARod was traded for Soriano. 

Not to mention, no matter how we regard his Gold Glove award, he’s being asked to move for an unproven AA player.

@ Ryan

I don’t think the Sox want to move Lowrie for someone who isn’t demonstrably better, given his low salary and promising performance last year.  And Lowrie won’t have as much value to the Rangers if they’re committed to trying Andrus at SS this year.

It’s getting kind of late in the offseason to demand a trade, isn’t it?  Thanks for the warning, Michael.  Then again, they could install Davis at 3B and play Salty at 1B, and then use both Teagarden and Ramirez.  Logjam solved.

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I saw this float over the transom last night and my first reaction was that Daniels has completely lost it. 
Let me throw a few items out:
  - The Rangers lead the league in errors for the 2008 season
  - The other anchor in the Ranger’s infield, Ian Kinsler, made 22 errors in 120 games - he lead the league at the season’s end, while only playing in 3/4 of the games (I was a little stunned to see his name in MVP discussions…).
  - Ron Washington’s mantra for baseball is to have pitcher’s throw strikes and initiate contact. Get the ball into play, and let your defense take care of things.
  - Having seen Young play just about game he started in, I’d say his offense and defense were among the most reliable aspects of the team results. He was a pretty clutch guy at the plate, and I never saw any issues with his range from SS.  From that, Young starts at SS for the All Star game, and takes home a Golden Glove. I didn’t see every shortstop in the league play 150 games last year, but from what I saw of his effort, I’d say he deserved it both honors. Young is a bit of a cootie, but he showed up for every game and he seemed to contribute. And hey, let’s not forget he helped beat the crap out of Sidney Ponson in the showers. 

  So, take in all of the above, swirl it around and then spit.

1)  Daniels’ idea of improving the team is to take a proven, reliable and productive Gold-Glove winning All Star from SS, where he’s thrilled to be, and move him, at the age of 32, to a new position.  A position that does, by the by, have a strong inference of, ‘Range’ involved.
2)  Instead of making, I dunno…Defense the pillar of the infield, they bring in some kid who hit .294, stole 50 bases in 118 games of AA ball, and made a whopping 32 errors. In 118 games he made 32 errors. In AA, fielding AA caliber hitters he made 32 errors. (...sorry, I keep mulling that over and over in my head…).  Carrying that trend to a 162 game schedule yields 42 errors.
This kid will be paired with Kinsler, who was a one-man error factory from April to June, and between the two of them last year they made 54 errors. Two players. 54 errors. 

  Ok…so everyone keeps yelling that The Rangers problem is pitching?