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The Rays announced that they extended the contract of Evan Longoria by an additional six seasons. The $100MM deal extends through 2022 with a club option for 2023. Longoria will now earn $136MM from 2013-22.
The contract incorporates the 2013-16 salaries from Longoria's original deal with the Rays, meaning the third baseman will earn $6MM in 2013, $7.5MM in 2014, $11MM in 2015 and $11.5MM in 2016. Then Longoria will earn a total of $100MM from 2017-22. Under his previous deal, the Rays had club options for the 2014-16 seasons. Rays executive VP of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said it made sense for the team to sign Longoria for the next decade.
'Evan has all of the attributes we seek in a player,' Friedman said in a statement released by the team. 'His determination and work ethic inspire others around him. He is devoted to his craft and strives to improve himself every year, and he defines success in terms of team performance and achievement. It's exciting to know that Evan will be manning third base for the Rays for many years to come.'
TWC Sports represents Longoria, whose previous contract was often cited as one of the most team-friendly deals in the game. The Rays signed Longoria to a six-year, $17.5MM contract six games into his MLB career. The deal, which included three club options, did establish a new record for guaranteed money obtained by a player with so little service time. In the four years since he signed his deal with the Rays, he has become their best player.
'Evan has clearly become a cornerstone player and a fixture in our organization,' Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg said. 'We are proud of what we have accomplished these past seven years, and I expect the best is yet to come.'
Longoria played in just 74 games this past season. He suffered a partially torn hamstring in April and spent much of the season on the disabled list. Last week Longoria underwent a minor hamstring procedure that doesn't affect his timeline for the 2013 campaign.
Longoria was the third overall selection in 2006 and the first player drafted under Sternberg and Friedman. In five seasons at the MLB level, he has a .276/.361/.516 batting line with 130 home runs. Statistically minded readers will note that he has produced nearly 30 wins above replacement in that time (29.3 per FanGraphs and 28.5 per Baseball-Reference). The three-time All-Star has a pair of Gold Gloves that were well-earned according to defensive metrics and traditional observers alike.
Longoria will donate more than $1MM to the Rays Baseball Foundation over the life of the contract, the team announced.
Photo courtesy of US Presswire.
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