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Tito on Lowell: ‘We’ll take care of him’ 01.14.10 at 6:48 pm ET
By Mike Petraglia

Speaking before the Boston baseball writers’ dinner tonight at the Westin Waterfront in South Boston, Red Sox manager Terry Francona said he doesn’t expect any quick solution to the Mike Lowell situation on his roster. “I don’t think that’s possible,” Francona said of Lowell, who recently had surgery on his right thumb.

“He just had surgery. He’s not going to pick up a bat until probably the second week of February. He’s going to have to take some time and get himself into playing shape. You’re talking about a 37-year-old third baseman with a lot of mileage. We wouldn’t play him nine innings anyway. We’re not going to do that. We’ll take good care of him. He’s a guy that deserves respect. It’s easy to give him respect, he’s earned it. We love him.”

[To hear more from Francona on Mike Lowell, click here.]

Meanwhile, Francona said news of Daisuke Matsuzaka’s leg injury while training during for last year’s WBC was ‘old news’ and the team is moving on.

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  • albsoxfan

    Had the Red Sox taken “good care” of Lowell and shown him respect to begin with, by allowing him to heal properly after his surgery, neither Lowell or the Sox would be in this predicament. Also, he is 35, not 37.

  • http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2009/12/29/youkilis-sheds-light-on-bay-offseason-corner-spots/ peter

    if you love him so much why did you get beltre lowell is a starting third baseman not a bench player

  • MAL

    Mike deserves much more respect than he is getting. Beltre is so overrated and Mike has proven himself when he is in great shape. Theo is taking this trade thing to a whole new level. I can only imagine how Mike feels right now. He is a great guy and a great player.

  • Kevin S

    I totally agree with all of the previous comments. Lowell is still a great player and I would take him any day before Beltre. Beltre was just throwing money away in my opinion.

  • http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2009/12/29/youkilis-sheds-light-on-bay-offseason-corner-spots/ peter

    i believe beltre is better than lowell i like lowell better still but lowell is just getting a little old in his career

  • Nomar

    Who can believe anything this guys says 2 weeks ago he was more then comfortable with Kotchman, Where is he right not?This guy was the world series MVP and gave him no chance to show that he was in good enough shape to return to form. Instead they just said he was no longer any good. Francona is just Theo’s puppet and will go along with whatever he wants period. Francona says he loves mike Lowell, Yet was going to dump him to texas and pay 9 million of his salary. He doesn’t even know the age of mike lowell.

  • http://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2009/12/29/youkilis-sheds-light-on-bay-offseason-corner-spots/ peter

    its not francona’s choice though thats theo’s choice and you are right i mean he evan asks theo when to take people out he is the worst manager besides the one from the yankees i wonder how dominant the redsox and yankes would be with good managers

  • Ellen Kellogg

    I totally agree with albsoxfan. Mike has not been allowed to thoroughly heal before being judged as unfit. That is a lack of respect. I hope he completely heals and has the career year of his life and sticks it to Theo! Go Mike!

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