Mike Lowell To Miss More Time

Mike Lowell can come off the DL next week but Tito said "odds are against it." Lowell has yet to start swinging a bat. Lowell's swelling has gone down but it looks like another 2 weeks before we see him in the lineup. The Red Sox will be ok if Lowell misses some more time with the way Casey has been filling in. Youk asked Fancona to put him in the game yesterday even though his toe was not 100% so a DL trip does not look likely.