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Orioles Acquire Julio Lugo

By Tim Dierkes | April 1, 2010 at 8:20am CDT

The Orioles acquired infielder Julio Lugo from the Cardinals (pending MLB approval), reports Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  MLB.com's Brittany Ghiroli tweets that the Cardinals will receive a player to be named later.  Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun notes that the Orioles will pay Lugo the league minimum, with the Red Sox paying the remaining $8.6MM.  Lugo asked the Cardinals to trade him, reports Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez first reported word of a deal to an AL club and later suggested the O's. 

Lugo provides insurance for Brian Roberts, who dealt with back spasms earlier this spring.  He can also back up Cesar Izturis at shortstop.  Ghiroli says the Lugo acquistion could mean Robert Andino is on the chopping block.

The Cards' signing of Felipe Lopez made Lugo unnecessary.  Lugo, 34, hit .280/.352/.405 in 293 plate appearances for the Red Sox and Cardinals last year.  The Cardinals acquired him in July for Chris Duncan, with the Sox assuming Lugo's contract.

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  1. switchhitingjesus

    13 years ago

    Please Please not the Orioles.

    Reply
    • foxtown

      13 years ago

      April Fools???

      Reply
      • BradyAndersonsSideburns

        13 years ago

        I sure hope so

        Reply
    • Piccamo

      13 years ago

      I’d be ok with it if it means moving Wiggy 😉

      Reply
    • Guest

      13 years ago

      It’s the O’s! I bet Ferrariman is dancing in the streets as we speak!

      Reply
  2. caminsc

    13 years ago

    “The Cardinals traded infielder Julio Lugo was traded to an American League team”

    Reply
    • caminsc

      13 years ago

      Tim, that just doesn’t sound quite right LOL

      Reply
  3. elclashcombo

    13 years ago

    Arent the Red Sox looking for shortstop depth? 😉

    Reply
    • diesel2410

      13 years ago

      I bet they’re looking for help just in case Scutaro doesn’t perform. Haha

      Reply
      • rickjimbo

        13 years ago

        i almost fell on the floor laughing bud, I’ll take Tugboy at Short if need be (plus the dude can hit)

        Reply
        • diesel2410

          13 years ago

          I’ll take Stevie Wonder over Lugo

        • elclashcombo

          13 years ago

          Lugo was sooooo bad in 08 – massive slump – that the fans went full circle on him. after hating him for months, we would cheer him on at every at-bat because the slump was that bad. i dont know if we were collectively mocking him or truly felt compassion about how ridiculously terrible he actually was at the plate.

  4. Guest

    13 years ago

    Rangers? Would they take him instead of Lowell?

    Reply
    • Eric

      13 years ago

      The Rangers aren’t ALE, but it makes sense.

      Reply
      • soxfan0928

        13 years ago

        Crazy – but could it be to the Sox as trade bait with Lowell? Surely not, but they are paying for him so why not try to use him as some trade bait and get him off the books? Wouldn’t be half bad! If not, see comment below…

        Reply
      • Guest

        13 years ago

        Oh, I didn’t read the AL East part.

        Has to be the Jays or Os then, hmm

        Reply
    • soxfan0928

      13 years ago

      AL East team. My guess is the O’s. They are the only team that needs him. Although the Yanks may have taken him just to say that they have a player that the Sox are paying for. That’d be dirty. But for real – O’s, Rays have Bartlett, Yanks Jeter, Sox Scutaro, J’s Gonzalez, O’s have a question mark. I don’t know why he would go back to the AL east where he sucked, and is now going to have to replace O’s pitchign with Sox pitching, which will make him even worse

      Reply
      • Eric

        13 years ago

        The Jays have McDonald and Gonzalez, The O’s make the most sense as a middle infield back-up to Izturis and Roberts.

        Reply
  5. Largebill

    13 years ago

    Why would Gonzalez say traded to an AL team without knowing which team? I could see the team not announcing anything until all parties are informed and such, but this just seems weird to only leak that he is switching leagues. Odd, to me anyways.

    Reply
  6. thebeaver13

    13 years ago

    I hope the Cards got something decent in return. He was a free player for them this year and is a suitable bench guy. Hopefully a left-handed bat or bull pen help.

    Reply
  7. switchhitingjesus

    13 years ago

    I don’t think it will be anything but the PTBNL.

    Reply
  8. stackthedeck

    13 years ago

    Any idea who the Cards might be getting in return?

    Reply
    • Pharx

      13 years ago

      As stated above, it’ll likely be either a PTBNL or cash considerations.

      Reply
      • LawUSA87

        13 years ago

        A Bag of Spicy Nacho Doritos and a half a pack of Tums.

        Reply
      • roebirds

        13 years ago

        It’ll be a PTBNL AND cash considerations, meaning there will most likely be a veteran coming the Cards’ way with cash coming from the Os to make up the difference in salary (since Lugo is being paid by the Red Sox).

        Reply
    • Triteon

      13 years ago

      Looks like cash and/or a minor leaguer. Seems that Stavinoha hit well enough for us to let Lugo fly.

      Reply
  9. Eric

    13 years ago

    Wow Lugo’s defensive numbers for 09 are horrible: -44.7 at SS in 401 innings and -22.9 at 2B in 168 innings! Talk about poor insurance. I know he is basically free, but a team will lose more runs because of him than what he can contribute!

    Reply
    • VinnyG917

      13 years ago

      I see you used the UZR/150.. I would say most people are used to looking at UZR numbers. If so, Fangraphs put his UZR at 2B at -3.5 I know that’s not good but its a lot better than your numbers look, even though they say the same thing

      Reply
      • Eric

        13 years ago

        At -13.4 UZR playing SS he really isn’t close to the defender he once was. And I should have posted UZR/150 to clarify, I didn’t think about it until I read it later. Overall, he does not look good in the field!

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        • VinnyG917

          13 years ago

          oh yea I agree he is definitely a below average fielder though.. as a Met fan, I can’t really comment on defensive 2nd basemen…

        • Eric

          13 years ago

          Luis might benefit from a transition to 3B with another team. His UZR is poor: -10.4 at 2B in 09. But he had a successful season at the plate: .302/.387/.346. He obviously doesn’t have the power that traditional corner infielders require, but he might be worth the experiment.

        • VinnyG917

          13 years ago

          I’m not sure Castillo has the arm for 3rd. I wouldn’t really think changing his position would improve his defense too much (although, his stats might go up just because of differences in the standards for UZR).

  10. gwc3

    13 years ago

    This guy is making the rounds in the AL East. He’s like Eric Hinske. Only places left to go now are the Yankees and Jays.

    Reply
  11. jps3k5

    13 years ago

    They could move everyone around. Lugo at 3rd, Tejada at Short and Izturis to 2B until Roberts is back…Seems the best defensively

    Reply
  12. Lanidrac

    13 years ago

    Lugo was not unnecessary. One of the reasons the Cardinals signed Lopez was because they lacked veteran bench depth. Unless they got another verteran bench player back, the bench (especially in the middle infield where Lopez is now all we have) is now a question mark again. I hope this is an April Fool’s Day joke.

    Reply
  13. osfan3000

    13 years ago

    hmmm idk…… i guess hes better then our current back ups…. but if hes added to the roster more moves will need to be made to see whether or not this was a good move.

    Reply
  14. easton714

    13 years ago

    I don’t know what you were watching, Lanidrac, but Lugo can hardly play short anymore so his value there is limited.

    Ryan and Lopez seems like plenty of depth at SS with Greene (with Solano perhaps hot on his heals) behind them. Lugo was basically third second baseman and emergency shortstop.

    That…and I think we wanted to keep Mather, Craig, and Stavinoha on the big club.

    Reply
  15. Guest

    13 years ago

    Wiggy as in Ty Wigginton? If thats correct and the Cards got Wiggington for Lugo that would be a much better deal for the Cards than the O’s.

    Reply
  16. Josh

    13 years ago

    Robert Andino spelled the end of his tenure in Baltimore with his non-existent bat and cocky play in the field. Yesterday, Jim Palmer deemed his pay “pathetic” when he hot-dogged a play at SS which let the runner beat out the throw.

    But it’s not just Andino, it’s also Izturis’ poor bat and the utter lack of MIF depth in the O’s system.

    Check this out, too:

    In 2009, the league average was 262/333/418/750.

    Izturis
    2009: 256/294/328/622
    Career: 259/298/331/629

    Lugo
    2009: 280/352/405/756
    Career: 271/336/391/727

    Reply
  17. Ferrariman

    13 years ago

    Brian matusz for lugo????? Il settle for tillman or weiters

    Reply
  18. 04Forever

    13 years ago

    dammit lugo, get out of my division!

    Reply
  19. bomberj11

    13 years ago

    Wow, they must be really, really, desperate….

    Reply
  20. coolstorybro222

    13 years ago

    Man the orioles are making some risky moves this season, and with what happend with the Mariners, I say brace yourselves.

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