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Is Evan Longoria going to be with the Rays forever?
Posted on 9/14/16 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 9/14/16 at 12:46 pm
Watching Longoria play against the Jays and wondered this. The guy is having a very good season, both offensively & defensively, he has managed to stay very healthy throughout his career. He is playing on and has played on some bad teams. Longoria is signed through 2022, at which he will be in his late-thirties.
I just wondered why he hasn't left Tampa yet. Is it his contract? Or maybe that is just where he wants to play. Just seems like someone else would have made a play for him at some point. Link to career numbers below
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I just wondered why he hasn't left Tampa yet. Is it his contract? Or maybe that is just where he wants to play. Just seems like someone else would have made a play for him at some point. Link to career numbers below
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Posted on 9/14/16 at 12:51 pm to BCMCubs
He signed the extension after the 2012 season when things were really looking up for them (they won 90 games and were stacked with young pitching). I bet he gets dealt at some point. He's had a great bounce back year and has fairly reasonable contract to move
Also he's only 30 and it seems like he's been around for forever
Also he's only 30 and it seems like he's been around for forever
This post was edited on 9/14/16 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 9/14/16 at 12:55 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
I looked and he does not have a no-trade clause with the extension he signed, but would have 10-5 rights beginning in 2018.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 12:57 pm to BCMCubs
I think they'll see how they are next year and if they're out of it I could see his name start to float around at next year's deadline. When you're Tampa you kind of need to use him to restock the system at some point if you're not contending
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:32 pm to BCMCubs
As a Red Sox fan, I'll be glad when he's out of the AL East. Seems like he always comes up with big games when he plays Boston.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:39 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Yeah, I think he'll be gone sometime in the near future if they aren't competitive, just like Tulo in Colorado.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:52 pm to McCaigBro69
Should have dealt him this year
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:55 pm to BCMCubs
Honestly, who really cares about Major League Baseball anymore? Especially with NFL and NCAA football in season.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:55 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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He signed the extension after the 2012 season when things were really looking up for them (they won 90 games and were stacked with young pitching). I bet he gets dealt at some point. He's had a great bounce back year and has fairly reasonable contract to move
I don't know why Longoria ever agreed to that contract in the first place. $100 million for 6 years is peanuts for a player of his caliber. If he had just played out his original contract, he would be have been a free agent after this season and looking at a Cano-like deal. Longoria must really love the Tampa Bay area because his career decisions have been puzzling to say the least.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:58 pm to Forkbeard3777
I don't watch NFL and don't fully dive into college ball until baseball is finished.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:59 pm to Bench McElroy
Maybe he just enjoys being able to make that kind of money in a market like Tampa, where there are relatively low expectations
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:03 pm to Bench McElroy
Hindsight is 20/20. He's clearly someone who values financial security and he's due to make 130m+ over the course of his career. He was coming off probably the worst year of his career at the time as well.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:05 pm to BCMCubs
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I don't watch NFL and don't fully dive into college ball until baseball is finished.
College football and MLB are my two favorite sports so now until early November is heaven for me. I don't really understand comments like his in a thread that's clearly for people who watch and follow baseball. I don't go into UFC or Tennis threads shitting them up
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:08 pm to BCMCubs
He'll never leave. Signed a lifetime deal with the Pet Pal Animal Shelter.
This post was edited on 9/14/16 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:17 pm to Forkbeard3777
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Honestly, who really cares about Major League Baseball anymore? Especially with NFL and NCAA football in season.
Such an odd thing to post. I don't care about the vast majority of stuff posted on this forum, so I don't click on those threads. I don't get the point of opening a thread I have no interest in and saying "why does anyone care about this"?
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:27 pm to BCMCubs
Well the only under .500 years we've had since he's been here have been the past 3 years and we were at least in shouting distance of .500 in 2014 and 2015 (this year has been awful).
But yeah, i think at some point they need to strongly consider trading him. The return would have to be pretty big, however. That's a really team-friendly contract for the quality of player longo is.
But yeah, i think at some point they need to strongly consider trading him. The return would have to be pretty big, however. That's a really team-friendly contract for the quality of player longo is.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:44 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
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Hindsight is 20/20. He's clearly someone who values financial security and he's due to make 130m+ over the course of his career. He was coming off probably the worst year of his career at the time as well.
Longoria technically had his best year by OPS+ in 2012 but he missed three months that year due to injuries. That might have scared him into signing the extension. Still, Longoria was a relatively healthy player for his first four seasons and he should have shown more confidence in his body because he's missed a total of two games since signing that extension. And as I stated before, Longoria has very similar career numbers to Robinson Cano when hit the free agent market in 2013.
Robinson Cano- 204 HRs, 822 RBIs, .355 OBP, .504 SLG, .860 OPS, 126 OPS+, .368 wOBA, 126 wRC+, 45.3 WAR
Evan Longoria- 237 HRs, 794 RBIs, .345 OBP, .489 SLG, .834 OPS, 128 OPS+, .356 wOBA, 126 wRC+, 45.9 WAR
Cano ended up signing a 10 year, $240 million contract with the Mariners. Longoria would receive similar contract offers and probably would get even more than Cano considering the fact that 3B is a more premium position than 2B and the weakness of this year's free agent class. Longoria would have likely doubled his career earnings if he had simply let his original contract run its course and hit the open market.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:47 pm to Bench McElroy
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:53 pm to Bench McElroy
People have different priorities. Locking in his future earnings and staying in Tampa were quite clearly his.
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