Jed Lowrie Stanford U 2B S/R 6'0" 180 1984-04-17 4YR
COMMENT: Body is athletic, lean and slender. Confident switch-hitter w/ a
good eye. Sound approach. Aggressive in the zone. Hits to all fields. Smooth
actions on defense, makes plays in the hole. Accurate, average arm.
BA:
After going undrafted out of an Oregon high school in 2002, Lowrie emerged as
a potential first-round pick a year ago when he won the Pacific-10 Conference
triple crown with a .399 average and 17 homers, and tied for the lead with 68
RBIs. But he raised a red flag with scouts during the summer when he hit a
team-low .230 with only one homer using a wood bat for Team USA. The previous
summer in the Alaska League, also using wood, he hit .224. He hasn’t
performed well this spring, either, as he was hitting .328 with 12 homers—
most of which came in a two-week spurt in February. In fairness, Lowrie has
been pitched around in a depleted Stanford lineup and has gotten few good
pitches to hit, making him impatient. Though he stays balanced throughout his
swing and takes a big cut for his size, Lowrie has an unorthodox approach at
the plate. He keeps his hands low and has a high leg kick. A switch-hitter,
he is a much better hitter from the left side. He is also a solid defender
with good footwork and enough arm strength to fill in at shortstop in a
pinch. Scouts have compared Lowrie to current big league second basemen Chase
Utley and Adam Kennedy, who were both first-round picks from California
colleges, but they say Lowrie is a better defender than both.
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