Yesterday, Lugo’s absence from the lineup was spun as a routine day off. When Nick Green was put into the lineup at short again today there was no hiding that Lugo’s defense is going to cost him playing time. In the past Lugo always seemed to get hurt when there was pressure on Francona to bench him. Is Nick Green now the starting shortstop? Are the Red Sox going to platoon Green and Lugo? Will the Sox make a move to get some help at short before Lowrie comes back? All of those things are now on the table and Julio Lugo is not happy about it:
When asked if he was hurt, he said everything was fine. When asked why he was not in the lineup, he walked away from a group of reporters saying: “Go ask Tito.”
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