Longoria extended through 2022!

[Moonlight J]

http://www.draysbay.com/2012/11/26/3692518/rays-extend-longoria

Never, ever, saw this coming

[BigJonEmpire]

http://www.draysbay.com/2012/11/26/3...xtend-longoria

Never, ever, saw this coming

I love the guy but with his injury problems I probably would have waited a bit.

[Moonlight J]

Fangraphs has him producing $128M over the past 5 seasons; he now has 10 years to produce $136M to make this contract break even

[BigJonEmpire]

Fangraphs has him producing $128M over the past 5 seasons; he now has 10 years to produce $136M to make this contract break even

Sure, but what is the rush? You've got four seasons to go on the current deal.

[Gregg]

The article clearly states that this is a bargain... so it must be true.

[joncarlos]

The whole idea that he's a bargain is based largely his defense. Excluding 2012, he produced at least 1 win with his glove every year since 2008. He certainly passes the eye test, but I'm still a little hesitant about putting specific WAR values on wins.

But his batting runs by season are:

2008 - 19.3
2009 - 30.6
2010 - 32.4
2011 - 26.2
2012 - 17.6

Now, at 16mil/yr for 2016-2022, he only needs to earn 3 wins a year to be worth it, from his age 31 to 37 seasons. Can he do that? Sure, but you're talking about 25 runs on offense and 5 runs on defense, or 22/8, or 27/3, or something like that. I don't think he'll be Brooks Robinson in his mid 30s, so that puts a lot of pressure on the bat.

[schlesinj]

Is this a makeup call for the first contract?

[TranaGreg]

could this have been fastracked to send a signal to potential free agents? come to Tampa - we're not Miami.

[Moonlight J]

could this have been fastracked to send a signal to potential free agents? come to Tampa - we're not Miami.

They started these talks before last season. The team have their own TV deal coming up in 3 seasons so they can start projecting new revenues against it. They also have the new $25M a year from the MLBAM deal coming in