Lowrie is a good player, super on-basey, and seems to fit this (or probably any team) pretty well as he can start/cover all over the infield. It's a little odd as our infield is pretty full, but it seemingly only pushes Dom Smith or TJ Rivera to irrelevance and McNeil to more sporadic PT in the outfield. Cynically, it does make me wonder if it's also insurance in case Alonso isn't ready or they want to manipulate his service time a little and keep him in AAA "for seasoning". I think they'd be happy to start the season with Cano getting most of the time at first, Lowrie at second, and Frazier at third with McNeil plugging in where ever needed.