evan longoria Stories - Lone Star Ball
"Major risk, major reward?" or "Evan Almighty!"
I've gotten used to the New York Islanders pulling stuff like this and I've also gotten used to the Tampa Bay lack-of-Devil Rays pulling this on a cost effective platform in the past... But a nine year investment in a rookie? This takes things to new risk levels: "This is obviously fairly...
Home Run Derby Open Thread
It's tonight at 7 CT on ESPN. The field, listed by neutralized isolated power (SLG-AVG): Dan Uggla (.329) Lance Berkman (.306) Chase Utley (.295) Ryan Braun (.278) Grady Sizemore (.277) Evan Longoria (.259) Josh Hamilton (.249) Justin Morneau (.194)
Six games gets Evan Longoria paid
Wow...the D-Rays have jumped ahead of the curve on the "sign your best players to long-term deals early" trend, locking up Evan Longoria to a deal that could be worth $44 million through 2016. If Longoria is the superstar a lot of folks think he can be, this deal is a home run for the D-Rays. If...
Taking Things To Their Logical Conclusion
Turns out my ranting and raving about Ryan Howard's arbitration payout wasn't just complete lunacy. As more and more young talent gets locked up long term, the Rays took things to their logical conclusion, signing Evan Longoria for six years, 17 million dollars after Longoria's 24th big league...
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