Red Sox DFA Julio Lugo

Who picks him up? I am thinking the Padres.

FINALLY!

Anybody who needs a SS/2B with a high OBP and can suffer through pretty marginal defense should grab him.

Ugh, the Twins probably WILL pick him up. I suppose I'd rather have his bat than Punto.

Wouldnt be surprised if the Mets go and pick him up...since their team sucks and needs a SS now (with Reyes out)

Another guy who couldn't handle the pressure of playing In Boston. I'd expect him to be a good player on a low pressure team like KC or Pittsburgh.

possible option for the Phillies bench? They need to replace the black hole that is eric bruntlett.

Is there room for yet another former Boston SS on the A's roster???
Land of the misfit shortstops..

I'd like to see him in a Braves uniform. Versatility, decent bat, and very, very cheap. DFA the waste of space that is Kelly Johnson, and once Infante comes back they have 3 guys in Prado, Infante and Lugo who can play all over the field. I'd certainly be down with Lugo in Atlanta for 2 years at the league minimum!

I don't know why I'm bothering to feed the racist troll, but midtown, Ortiz was getting standing ovations while hitting .150. Go peddle your race-baiting somewhere else.

"I feel for Lugo."

dont. really. the man has PLENTY of money he stole, i mean made, over the course of his awful sox career

"Lugo on the Phils? No thanks. Eric Bruntlett does just fine."

Bruntlett of the 65 career OPS+? Past 3 seasons of 67, 55, and 10? Yes, that's right. His OPS+ this year is a whopping one-zero.

Lugo's career LOW ops+ is a 65.

"I feel for Lugo."

dont. really. the man has PLENTY of money he stole, i mean made, over the course of his awful sox career

Posted by: 04Forever | July 17, 2009 at 12:06 PM

No, Renteria is the one who stole money. He signed a $40M dollar deal and spent the first $2M eating Wendy's big bacon classic's all winter.

He came to Boston fat and out of shape.

At least Lugo always gave 100% when he was on the field. I understand injuries are a part of the game, but Lugo never played a fully healthy game as a Red Sox.

And Lugo didn't steal anything. It's not his fault someone paid him $36M... if anything, you need to blame the GM who drafted the contract. All Lugo had to do was sign.

I am not going to defend everything he did while he was in Boston, but cut the guy some slack. He wanted to be here, he tried his damnest every time he was on the field, and he was a true professional.

Yeah, the results weren't there... but who cares? He was still a piece that got the Sox the '07 series and, yeah, he's not personally collecting checks from you... right?

This signing probably made Theo a better GM, he now knows the importance of the farm system.
Baseball is coming full circle, Free Agency is good for a hole in need quickly, but after that you better have the Farm producing.
Tonight Bucholz, this will be his FINEST HOUR.

Except for the wife beating incident I really liked Lugo with the Devil Rays and when I heard he was coming to the Sox I was happy. I was expecting better numbers but he was injured a lot and he just did not start or finish his career with the Red Sox very well. Still he deserves a shot somewhere else and I hope he does well.

Phewww........

good thing the royals traded 2 prospects and locked themselves into a terrible contract with yuni betancourt. otherwise they coulda grabbed lugo for nothing and paid him the league minimum.

Dayton Moore is so smart

"See, Dayton. You could've had a SS who is better than Betancourt, for free!!!"

Oh, but that takes the fun out of it.

Besides, Lugo doesnt play in the stype of Rey Sanchez, Neifi Perez, Angel Berroa, or Tony Pena Jr - so the line of absolute suckatude would be lost. I mean, that is a tradition since 1999! Hard to let go of that.

"fields well enough"

Really? The limited range with the knee injury along with an inability to pick up routine ground balls and make throws to first base, that's well enough? Sure..

Fields well enough!!!

JFC, this guy stinks, but Omar does love him so the Mets will have him playing SS soon. They're probably dumb enough to pick up his salary too that way they can say they added salary to try and make the team better. I'm getting angry just thinking about it. UGHHH!

Padres and second base?

(vince mcmahon voice) YOOOOOOU'RE FIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRED!

kelly johnson*

Quote from Lugo about an hour ago:

"When you see a good looking girl, you get married and sometimes things don't work out," Lugo said. "I gave it my best and unfortunately things didn't work out. This is the best for both parties. I wanted it to work out but it didn't."

Not sure I would have used the "married" analogy, given his questionable history in that area... but nevertheless, a classy exit and he still has the skills to help another team.

midtown you're exactly what is wrong with this country. you are a complete an utter moron. do you really think the red sox are systemically running minority players out of town? hmm...

Manny Ramirez - quit on the team
Julio Lugo - played the worst defense you will ever witness and couldn't hit very well
Javier Lopez - 9 ERA
Dice-K - horrific year

Seems like performance is the issue here you asinine imbecile. Do you honestly think if the Red Sox had say Hanley Ramirez the fans wouldn't absolutely love the guy because he's hispanic. Let me know when you believe 9/11 wasn't conspiracy and that the moon landing wasn't a hoax. Jackass.

Are people really going to waste their time with this crap?

The Red Sox can run their team however the hell they want, and I highly doubt that race is even remotely a factor in their decision making processes.

You don't build a powerhouse like that while being a bigot. It's not like the Red Sox had any good Latin or African-American players. Oh wait, there were Manny, Pedro, Big Papi, Julio Lugo, Coco Crisp, Alex Cora, Javier Lopez, Wily Mo Pena, Julian Tavarez, Alex Gonzalez, Edgar Renteria, Orlando Cabrera, Pokey Reese and Dave Roberts.

Just stop with this crap.

midtown,

Ok, you are officially an idiot. There are only a handful of African American Players period, and many teams dont have one.

"Wrong. Every team with the exception of the Red Sox has at least one African American player on its 40 man roster. Check for yourself if you don't believe me."

And up till the end of November, yeah about 7.5 months ago, the Red Sox did. But they probably traded a high bounty and kept that player for 3 years because they were rasict. Got it dude.

And I dont believe you where you claim every team does. That was not the case the last 3 years, so I doubt it is now. Every year there are large chunks of time (because of players being called up/sent down) where African Americans are not seen on handfuls of teams. The percentage in the majors is in the 10% or lower range, meaning 1 in 10 on a 25 man squad where there are teams with 3-4 on one squad out there. I dont buy it, and even if it is the case, it is meaningles since it has only been months that it has been the case for the Sox. You, like so many others in this world, are trying to make an issue where one doesnt exist. It is pitiful though considering the team adds players of race every single year.

And in the other thread the other day you tried to expand it to all Boston teams, including the Celtics which is basically the the Dodgers or Indians of the NBA. You have an agenda and are trying to make an argument after the fact, not looking at facts and forming an argument. Its pitiful.

"Go back and check your notes. I have never commented on the Celtics. Regarding an "agenda" I absolutely think it is worth noting that the Red Sox are the only team with no African American players and a dwindling number of Latin players on their 40 man roster. The only way you resolve inequity is by addressing it in the first place."

So, you want the RedSox to jeopardize production or make questionable moves for the sole purpose to meet this percentage you feel they should have. Got it.

And I will go back and look for the other thread now, I could have sworn it was you who brought this ridiculous argument into the focus.

I stand corrected, you did not bring the Celtics into the equation. You did start this asinine stuff with this though

“It's July in Boston, which means it's once again time to play "Smash the Dominican Pinata."

The rules of this game are simple. (1) Pick a Dominican player on the Red Sox roster. (2) Now, bash him mercilessly. (3) Isolate and scrutinize his every deficiency. (4) Threaten to waive him. (5) Question his patriotism. (6) Eventually, replace him with a white guy who attended a Pac Ten college.

Once finished, repeat steps 1 through 6 until you make candy fly out Big Papi's butt.”

And instigated it further, taking it to the true trash level with this

“All I'm saying is that if the Red Sox get any whiter, they'll have to trade in their batting helmets for hoods.”

Honestly, you seem the true bigot here, not anyone else.

No, I take it as an extremely offensive comment from a person who is clearly showing a lager amount of racism then he is complaining about.

I cant believe you associate a minority player losing ability and needing to be removed from the roster as some type of larger conspiracy. The fact is, of all the RedSox stars, how many have truly been "white"? The fact they dont have a high percentage of the races you have decided you feel as though they should is nothing more then the players of those races playing themselves out of town of being replaced with more longterm and higher upside players at their position.

Their number of transactions involving players of race is in line with that of many other teams, the fact you decided to point to a low-point for their total percentages shows you are likely looking for you’re a time in which your pre-existing bias can be expressed. Why were you not trying to force this theory down our throats two years ago when it was the Braves and Astros with no black players while the Red Sox were at a higher percentage of minorities?

Their team makes decisions on what they feel is best for the team, and sorry, but they have one of the best teams you can find - consistently. Changing their philosophy for the sole purpose of adding a higher percentage of minority players would actually be worse then having a low percent to begin with - you would be showing an actual awareness to race and making decisions solely because of it, the very definition of racism. If you want the Red Sox to make decisions on personal solely because of race, then you are doing exactly what you don’t want them to do.

Delcarmen, R.Ramirez,Ortiz, Lowell, Dice-k, Okajima, Saito, Bay, Ellsbury, and Youk! Hispanics, Dominicans, Cubans, Japanese, Canadiens, American Indians, and even a Hebrew. Yup, looks like Boston has turned into the U.N. to me Einstein!

just making a point about midtowns racial profiling. don't shoot the messenger.

Na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na,hey,hey,hey,GOODBAY, Na,na,na,na,na,na,na,na,hey,hey,hey,GOODBAY!!!!!!!!

Ok, here, got a new theory for you midtown:

Red Sox are prejudice against American Born players!

Yes, you heard me right. On opening day 2009, 28% of all major league players were born outside the states. The Red Sox were tied with the second most; 12 such players, nearly 50% of their club. Obviously, that is an extreme difference and because of it, we can only conclude that they do what they can to have only foreign born players. Clearly they are prejudice against American born individuals.

The fact they released Jonathan Van Every and optioned Aaron Bates (two American born players) this month while only removing 1 foreign born individual (Lugo) is showing this conspiracy is continuing.

David Ortiz bats .201/.309/.299/.599 for nearly 2 months before being moved out of the 3 hole while a .271/.382/.504/.886 line not only gets J.D. Drew fewer ABs, but also bumped all over the roster to accommodate the poor foreign born guy who was struggling.

Low-balling the Captain, Jason Varitek, on his contract, and now apparently doing the same with Bay? Reporting they have no interest in Dunn over the deadline-08 AND offseason-09? Not much talk at all about Holliday OR Halladay despite making calls about Venezuelan born Victor Martinez who isnt even available? They arent fooling me!

Top draft pick hails from Puerto Rico? Come on, can you make it any less obvious?

Simple coincidence there was so much talk about trading Brad Penny? I think not!

pt barnum was sucker born evry minute --