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Red Sox designate SS Lugo for assignment
The Boston Red Sox have designated shortstop Julio Lugo for assignment.The move means the team has 10 days to trade or release him.Lugo signed a four-year, $36 million free agent contract with the Red Sox before the 2007 season. If the team cannot trade him, it will have to absorb about $13 million over the next year and a half.Lugo is batting .284 with one homer and eight RBIs in 37 games this season.