by evan brunell | Jul 16, 2009 | Julio Lugo, Quick Post
The Red Sox have informed all teams that they are willing to pay most of Lugo’s remaining salary, Ken Rosenthal reports. The team has publicly announced its intention of bringing Mike Lowell aboard Friday with Jed Lowrie to follow Saturday, so Lugo’s time...
by evan brunell | Jul 15, 2009 | Quick Post, Trivia
Congratulations to Mike for winning the trivia contest spanning April to now! He tied with trivia guru Tessie’s Dad for the final standings; given that Tessie’s Dad retired, Mike gets the grand prize of Fenway!: The Ultimate Fan’s Guide, 2009...
by evan brunell | Jul 15, 2009 | Jed Lowrie, Julio Lugo, Mike Lowell
With the All-Star Break finally behind us, it’s time to take a look ahead at what the second half has in store for us. One thing it doesn’t have in store for us is Julio Lugo’s presence in a Red Sox uniform. Now, while the Red Sox could always throw...
by evan brunell | Jul 10, 2009 | Daniel Cortes, Jeff Francouer, Quick Post, Ryan Church, Yuniesky Betancourt
Today, two extremely puzzling trades occurred. The first was the Royals shipping two minor league pitchers (including their best one, Daniel Cortes) to Seattle for shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt. As I put it on Twitter, the Royals just took on $10 million of a no-hit,...
by evan brunell | Jul 10, 2009 | Aaron Bates, Garrett Atkins, Julio Lugo, Mike Lowell, Rocco Baldelli, Takashi Saito, Terry Francona
Rumors abound that the Red Sox and Colorado Rockies have discussed a deal around reliever Takashi Saito for third-baseman Garrett Atkins, making roughly $7 million this year. Atkins began the year so poorly that he lost his starting job to Ian Stewart. On the season,...
