News: Red Sox trade Julio Lugo to Cardinals

July 22, 2009 at 18:37 pm · 13 comments

by Matthew Cerrone

The Red Sox have traded infielder Julio Lugo to the Cardinals for OF Chris Duncan, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Earlier in the week, Adam Rubin of the Daily News said the Mets would have signed Lugo had he become a free agent at the end of this week.

Lugo is due $4.5 million through the rest of this season, plus $9 million in 2010, all of which the Sox will pay, according to reports.

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{ 13 comments }

BigDaddyKirk July 22, 2009 at 6:52 pm

Why am I not surprised? He who hesitates…..

MetFanForLife July 22, 2009 at 6:55 pm

I love how all the “sources” quoted in the past week have been so sure of themselves and so wrong!

Hit The Weights Zeile July 22, 2009 at 6:59 pm

Duncan wouldve been a nice guy for us to go after. a young power bat making minimal money that has fallen out of favor with his team. I know hes having a pretty terrible year but he has shown to have pop with 2 20+ HR seasons and at the very worst we let him play out the year then use him in the minors this way if anyone gets hurt next year instead of calling up the cory sullivans of the world we can at least call up someone who can hit the ball out of the yard.

BigDaddyKirk July 22, 2009 at 7:04 pm

Good thinking, HTWZ. Hey, there might be an opening for VP of the Mets…. Just sayin’….

Hit The Weights Zeile July 22, 2009 at 7:20 pm

haha better get my resume ready

Lorenzo23 July 22, 2009 at 8:12 pm

Its funny how the daily news reported he was working out at our Dominican complex already LOL…wrong again…

mark4212 July 22, 2009 at 9:07 pm

They said he was just working out there. They also said he worked out there in the offseason. It wasn’t a sign of things to come.

I did see this though which could be scary:

Minaya: Mets Will Be Buyers, Not Sellers http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/07/minaya-mets-will-be-buyers-not-sellers.html

Agee's Catch July 22, 2009 at 8:55 pm

crying in my beer….

methead July 22, 2009 at 9:10 pm

Wow…..No offense but why would you trade a young power hitting OF for an overrated SS who doesnt really hit? I dont get this at all. I think the SOX once again make a very good deal. Thats 2 young lefty hitters they got in less than 24 hrs. Theo Epstein is a great GM. I wish their were more like him

(by the way, I think Omar is a top 10 maybe top 5 GM in baseball right now no matter what you guys say)

Hit The Weights Zeile July 22, 2009 at 9:32 pm

I think of the 29 other GMs at least 20 could produce more than 1 playoff team in 5 years with the second highest payroll in baseball.

Chiefman July 22, 2009 at 10:07 pm

That’s an interesting point you make and one that’s hard to dispute.

methead July 23, 2009 at 2:00 am

Little late but………

I forget that you are on the list of fans that are never satisfied. Your assessment that 29 other GMs would fair better is crazy. The guy has put quality players on the field where other GMs put expensive players who under perform, etc etc. It is not Omars fault that the players he put together have very good numbers but do not seem to hit when it counts. Had he went out and signed players to big contracts who turned out to be awful, you have a point.

Cashman is a worse GM, easily. If Omar had 2 billion dollars he easily would have gotten the players Cashman has. Cashman is lucky.

So please stop it with your ridculous comments because you know very well you would be hard pressed to name 10 better gms. Nationals, pirates and cashman is already 3……i wont continue

cver July 22, 2009 at 11:26 pm

An interesting note is that the Cards pitching coach’s son got traded and Dave Duncan and Manager Tony La Russa have been a team all of these years. There has been talk that the only way to keep Pujols would probably be to keep La Russa. I have no idea if this deal is the beginning of the end for Pujols in St. Louis. I might be reading too many tea leaves here, but it might be of note.

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