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Frayed Knot Apr 18 2008 02:50 PM

It became fashionable a while back for teams to pursue long-term deals even in the pre-arbitration years to those players had shown a good start to their careers. Well Tampa Bay has decided to lock up one of their recent top draft picks - 3B Evan Longoria - to a 6-year deal with options for several more after playing just 6 days in the majors [url=http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8027534/Rays-give-Longoria-$17.5M-deal;-could-be-worth-$44M]Nice work if you can get it[/url]

attgig Apr 18 2008 08:47 PM

with 3 option years...

Triple Dee Apr 18 2008 08:54 PM

I'm happy to see the Rays showing ambition (albeit in a extreme way), and with a new ballpark coming soon, it means they won't be trading Kazmir anytime soon. Can you think of anything worse than seeing Kazmir wearing MFY pinstripes?

TheOldMole Apr 18 2008 11:32 PM

Perhaps they're desperate housewives?

Grote15 Apr 19 2008 11:51 AM

Nice to see the Rays step up...Lotta those style contracts out Wright..Reyes..Sizemore..Cano, Mauer..etc. The MFY's look like 1989..maybe Evan, B.J. Upton, Shields, Kazmir, etc can win the East while were alive

Nymr83 Apr 19 2008 12:12 PM

Grote15 wrote: Nice to see the Rays step up...Lotta those style contracts out Wright..Reyes..Sizemore..Cano, Mauer..etc. the longoria contract is nothing like those, those players all proved that they were major leaguers before they got deals (maybe not cano, i dont remember when they signed him) longoria has yet to prove anything, this could be another Drew Henson contract.