Goodbye, old friend. Lugo to Cards.

greenbeans · Post #1 » by **greenbeans** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:25 pm

According to a source familiar with the situation, the Red Sox have designated Julio Lugo for assignment. The Red Sox will have 10 days to assign Lugo's contract to another major or minor league club, whether it be via trade or through waivers. Lugo is finishing the third of a four-year deal which pays him $10 million per season. Lugo is hitting .284 in 37 games with the Red Sox this season.

http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/this- ... assignment

Now does anyone even bite and trade for him, or do we give him a pile of cash and tell em to beat feet? I could really care less, I'm too happy right now to be worrying about minor details.

Update:
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... n:twit:sox

The Red Sox today officially closed the book on the Julio Lugo era, trading the once promising shortstop to the St. Louis Cardinals for outfielder Chris Duncan and a player to be named later (or cash considerations).

Also pretty much signals the end of the Kotsay era too imo.

Theo starting(hopefully) to bring in the cavalry

Post #2 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:36 pm

See ya later lugo!

Dirty Water · Post #3 » by **Dirty Water** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:16 pm

DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD

Post #4 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:29 am

When I first heard this news I thought something was up. Such as ellsbury in a halladay deal. Now I just realize it means the end for Kotsay.

Too bad, I liked Kotsay. Well at least lugo is gone.

Ticket_Stub · Post #5 » by **Ticket_Stub** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:20 pm

How much were we paying him to suck?

greenbeans · Post #6 » by **greenbeans** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:23 pm

Signed him to a 4yr/36mil contract after the 06 season. He had 13.5mil and a year still on the contract, which we most likely paid all of.