Evan Longoria Math

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THT Live:More on Longoria
Published 4/18/2008 by Dave Studeman at THT Live
More on Longoria by Dave Studeman April 18, 2008 Sky has some good math and perspective on the recent Evan Longoria deal . The Rays' management team has been very creative with long-term deals and option years for several years now. Every once in a while, they'll sign a clunker (as in Rocco Baldelli) but it's a very smart strategy for the team. And, as Sky points out, there are logical reasons for Longoria to take the deal, too. Dave is the manager of the ...

Friday Night Fungoes: Dan Fox, Projections, and the Future, man!
Published 4/19/2008 by Justin at On Baseball and the Reds
... be influenced by the "f/x" line of data (hitf/x, fieldf/x, etc). Mike Fast put forth a litany of questions that remain to be answered in baseball research. What makes his list useful is that all of these may be answered, at least in part, via the use of ball tracking data. Therefore, we may see tremendous progress on most of these within the coming year or two. Exciting times are ahead... Signing Young Players Early Skyking has a great post breaking down the contract extension of Evan Longoria with the Rays. He finds, as ...

Daily Farm Report 4/18/08
Published 4/19/2008 by erik at Future Redbirds
... Skyking162 does some Evan Longoria math in light of the rookie’s new contract, and finds some sense in the dollars. Longoria will be getting paid as if he’s a 2 win player per year throughout his arbitration years. There’s a huge chance he’ll be a lot better then that right now. So why am I talking about this? The same thing could possibly happen to Colby. Look at what the Cardinals have done in locking up Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina during their arbitration years. ...

[THE SATURDAY MORNING REVOLUTION] More Thoughts On The Evan Longoria Deal
Published 4/19/2008 by Devil Ray Guevara at Rays Index
... Skyking162 breaks down the Evan Longoria contract and figures out exactly how much money the Rays are saving. [skyking162] ...

Baseball Blogs Weigh In: The Longoria Deal
Published 4/19/2008 by Cork Gaines at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... skyking162 looks at the math behind the Longoria deal in a two part series. In Part 1, they calculate how much money the Rays are saving. They note that the Rays are paying Longoria during his arbitration years as if he would be worth $9MM on the free agent market. ...

Is The Longoria Deal Really That Smart?
Published 4/20/2008 by Tom Fornelli at FanHouse
... There have been plenty of people saying that this is a good move for the Rays for a couple of different reasons. First and foremost, is that in a few years this deal is going to be a bargain for Tampa, and it could save them from being in the position the Marlins found themselves in ...