Rays give Longoria $17.5M deal; could be worth $44M
Published 4/18/2008 at FOXSports.com News for MLB
Rookie third baseman Evan Longoria and the Tampa Bay Rays agreed Friday to a $17.5 million, six-year contract, a deal that could be worth up to $44 million over nine seasons.
Tampa Bay has a club option for 2014 and a second option that covers 2015 and 2016.
Taken third overall in the 2006 amateur draft, Longoria appeared in just six major league game before agreeing to the deal.
The 22-year-old was brought up from Triple-A Durham last Saturday and made his big league debut that day.
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