Fun Fact About Evan Longoria's Contract to Date

by R.J. Anderson on May 19, 2009 3:36 PM EDT

So far in his young career, Evan Longoria has been worth 8.1 WAR. Translate that into dollars and you get 36.5 million. In terms of actual payroll, Longoria has and will cost the Rays a little over a million for these two seasons and a little under 18 million through 2013. Basically, the Rays have gotten twice what they'll pay Longoria over the next ~four seasons all within Longoria's first ~680 plate appearances*. Yep, that's just ridiculous.

Please name your first and second born after this man:

*This doesn't mean he hasn't to keep up this rate either, it just means at the end of the year he has to be worth at least 2.8 WAR. Last year he was worth 5.3.

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Good God

Leave me alone, I'm watching monsterjam.

by mrichardkent on May 19, 2009 3:48 PM EDT reply actions

My child's first name

shall be Evan Evan Evan the Evan. 4 times the longloriousness

by Buc Wild on May 19, 2009 3:48 PM EDT reply actions

*name, not first name

by Buc Wild on May 19, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Hopefully Friedman

can work the same deal with Price moving forward. Nice to be able to scout and get young talent, even better when you sign to long term deals at pennies on the dollar compared to waiting 3 years down road.

by Buc Wild on May 19, 2009 3:52 PM EDT reply actions

But you need

a willing partner. Evan was willing. Price might not be, like it seems Bossman (pre this aweful start) was.

by ValricoBrian on May 19, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions

And to think, our GM used to be Chuck LaMar

/shudders

2009 Rays Baseball: God Damn It, Guys

by JMB on May 19, 2009 4:26 PM EDT reply actions

HE DRAFTED THIS TEAM

Until Next Time,
The Sports Chief

by Top Gun Numba 1 on May 19, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Matt Garza...

Rays right-hander Matt Garza, who recently participated in Sports Illustrated’s Pop Culture Grid, had an interesting answer to the question, “I can’t believe _ is dating _.”
Garza responded, “I can’t believe Cameron Diaz isn’t dating Troy Percival.” Percival, who turns 40 on Aug. 9, is only three years older than Diaz, but conceded, “I doubt she’s beating Google up trying to find my number.” Garza said, “She needs to.”

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base."
~Dave Barry

by PriceMultiCyYoungs on May 19, 2009 4:51 PM EDT reply actions

OH. the next hollywood "power couple"

Leave me alone, I'm watching monsterjam.

by mrichardkent on May 19, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Matteron?

Cameratt?
Garzeron?

No, I don’t think this works. Besides, she sucks down cancer sticks like a chimney. Never meet your heroes Matt.

"Where we all wait in earnest with pudding in hand for the Upton comet to sail through the roofed skies, so that we may meet Him."

by kericr on May 19, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions

he was talking about percy

by daveh33 on May 19, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

"I doubt she’s beating Google up trying to find my number." Garza said, "She needs to."

No he isn’t.

"Where we all wait in earnest with pudding in hand for the Upton comet to sail through the roofed skies, so that we may meet Him."

by kericr on May 19, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Percival, who turns 40 on Aug. 9, is only three years older than Diaz, but conceded, "I doubt she’s beating Google up trying to find my number." Garza said, "She needs to."

Context FTW

by ReasonableDoubt on May 19, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Diaz and Percy have so much in common. Both of their careers are over.

Until Next Time,
The Sports Chief

by Top Gun Numba 1 on May 20, 2009 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Well technically we wouldn't have paid him jack last year and this year regardless

But it is still a great contract

by matthan on May 19, 2009 5:01 PM EDT reply actions

Kinda the point

Takes a willing partner – and Longo settled for security. Doesn’t make Friedman a genius.

And if Longoria somehow gets Chavez’s back, well. a few years from now it could look quite different. Not wishng that on Longo, but it’s an overstatement to give Friedman such credit.

by nyyfaninlaaland on May 19, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Anyone who would look back on this deal with scorn because of something unpredictable

Probably shouldn’t have their opinions taken seriously.

by R.J. Anderson on May 19, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Seriously?

He’s already been worth the guaranteed part of his contract and he’s barely played a full season in the big leagues. This deal is nothing short of a Coup.

Tools Whore

by Tyler on May 19, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions

My point is

that the bulk of Longoria’s contract is what it is because of the salary structure of baseball and Longoria’s willingness to take a long term deal for security. Almost every starting player in their prearb years is a massive bargain in WARP valuation terms. The ROY should be so in spades. Does that make every GM a genius? No it’s the salary structure. The deal is a great one for the Rays, better than it should be, but that’s heavily due to Longo and his agent’s willingness to do so. I do give your FO big props for taking the risk very early on.

I agree looking back on a deal as bad if health issues significantly impact a career going forward and the back end of the deal seems like an albatross isn’t always correct. But it’s always done.

by nyyfaninlaaland on May 20, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions