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Contract Retrospective: Lugo in Boston

Found January 30, 2012 on Fangraphs: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Julio Lugo,  Orlando Cabrera,  Edgar Renteria,  Theo Epstein,  JD Drew
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians,  Boston Red Sox,  San Francisco Giants,  Cincinnati Reds

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In the hot news of the weekend, Julio Lugo‘s negotiations for what was probably a minor-league deal with Cleveland have broken down. Things were not always so bleak for Lugo. Lugo had some good seasons with the (then) Devil Rays in the mid-2000s, and after a 2006 in which he was traded to t...
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