Rays extend Evan Longoria's contract through 2022 (w/2023 option)

[RaysFan_98]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121126&content_id=40414844&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

Holy hell didn't see this coming but i am so ecstatic!!!!!! six more guaranteed years for $100 million to 2022.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

So the Rays have decided to hitch their wagon to Evan Longoria. Can't say that I blame them. At some point the Rays had to keep one of their home grown star players to build around. I'm happy for Rays fans that they get to see Longoria in a Rays uniform for a long time.

[GiambiJuice]

It's always nice to see a small market team give a long extension to a home-grown star. It seems we've been seeing it a lot lately (Braun, Tulowitzki, Votto, etc.). Longoria is one of the top 5 players in Major League Baseball when he is healthy and is the epitome of a franchise player. With that being said, They already had him signed through 2016, and he's had a recent history of injuries, so it's a bit risky.

[RaysFan_98]

It's always nice to see a small market team give a long extension to a home-grown star. It seems we've been seeing it a lot lately (Braun, Tulowitzki, Votto, etc.). Longoria is one of the top 5 players in Major League Baseball when he is healthy and is the epitome of a franchise player. With that being said, They already had him signed through 2016, and he's had a recent history of injuries, so it's a bit risky.

Risky perhaps but there is a lot of upside to this deal.

[dominik]

Risky perhaps but there is a lot of upside to this deal.

yes, such a signing is always a risk but at some point the rays had to do it. a good farm system is great but sometimes you have to open your wallet and resign a star player. you are not going to develope a good hitter every season let alone a top hitter.

[White Knight]

Under contract for 10 full years is usually risky, but he's still only 27. It should work out great.

[RaysFan_98]

I have to chuckle though this is far less risky then the A-Rod contract.

[GiambiJuice]

I have to chuckle though this is far less risky then the A-Rod contract.

Not really, when you consider the revenue that each team generates. A bad contract can hamstring a small market team for years. An organization like the Yankees has the resources to recover from an albatross like A-Rod's a lot less painfully than other teams would be able to.

[White Knight]

Not really, when you consider the revenue that each team generates. A bad contract can hamstring a small market team for years. An organization like the Yankees has the resources to recover from an albatross like A-Rod's a lot less painfully than other teams would be able to.

The lat good 10 year deal for a team was...Not sure, Jeter 1999?

[LI METS FAN]

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

Holy hell didn't see this coming but i am so ecstatic!!!!!! six more guaranteed years for $100 million to 2022.

Great player, can see him being Tampa's equivalent to Chipper Jones and Derek Jeter, life-long one team players.

[GiambiJuice]

The lat good 10 year deal for a team was...Not sure, Jeter 1999?

Well, A-Rod's first 10 year deal was fine. He earned every penny of it. How many 10-year deals have there been in history besides A-Rod and Jeter?

[UnderPressure]

Well, A-Rod's first 10 year deal was fine. He earned every penny of it. How many 10-year deals have there been in history besides A-Rod and Jeter?

Those 10-year deals were given to them when they were 25-26 years old, right? Now if you give that kind of contract to someone who is already on the wrong side of 30...

[White Knight]

Well, A-Rod's first 10 year deal was fine. He earned every penny of it. How many 10-year deals have there been in history besides A-Rod and Jeter?

Yeah true. Hmm, I was a kid, but didn't Dave Winfield sigh for a really long term deal?

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Well, A-Rod's first 10 year deal was fine. He earned every penny of it. How many 10-year deals have there been in history besides A-Rod and Jeter?

That advantage of the A-Rod deal was it started at A-Rod's age 25 season so the contract started at the beginning of the prime seasons for A-Rod.

[UnderPressure]

That advantage of the A-Rod deal was it started at A-Rod's age 25 season so the contract started at the beginning of the prime seasons for A-Rod.

He was a free agent at 25 because he made his MLB debut at 19, right?