Red Sox shortstop Jed Lowrie has been Boston's hottest hitter and biggest surprise so far this season. Lowrie is currently leading all shortstops in on-base percentage and is second only to Troy Tulowitzki in slugging percentage. As of April 18th, Lowrie only has 31 AB's but he's already tallied 9 RBI, 2 HR and 8 runs scored. Fantasy owners aren't jumping on Lowrie's bandwagon quite yet because of such a small sample size. But with rumors swirling that Marco Scutaro could be on his way out in Boston, I think that Lowrie could be a top 10 shortstop by seasons end. With Scutaro gone, Lowrie should get more starts, meaning more plate appearances and a better shot at putting up excellent fantasy numbers. Remember, Carl Crawford is faltering at the top of the lineup and manager Terry Francona could move Lowrie up in the Red Sox order to make up for Crawford's lack of success. Lowrie is only owned in 43% of Yahoo! leagues, and let's not forget that the shortstop position is very thin this season, giving Lowrie the potential to be a waiver wire gem.
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