Sources: Rays near big deal with Longoria

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Rays To Sign Longoria Long-Term
Published 4/18/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
10:45am: Ken Rosenthal has the scoop.  It's a long-term deal for Evan Longoria.  I definitely didn't see this coming - he only has six games in the bigs!  Interesting move. 10:12am: Baseball Digest Daily reports that the Rays have a press conference and major announcement planned a couple hours from now.  No ...

[EVAN LONGORIA] Rays Sign Evan Longoria To Long-Term Extension
Published 4/18/2008 by The Professor at Rays Index
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is reporting that the Tampa Bay Rays have reached an agreement with Evan Longoria on a long-term contract. The details of the contract are not yet known, but it is believed that the deal will be for six years in the $17 million range with option scenarios that will enable the Rays to buy out two years of Longoria's free agency. The contract, to be announced at 1 p.m. ET, also is expected to include escalators that will enable Longoria to add to his guaranteed money if he develops into a major star. Well, that certainly takes the arbitration-clock out of play. Sources: Rays near big ...

[EVAN LONGORIA] Rays Sign Evan Longoria To $44MM Extension
Published 4/18/2008 by The Professor at Rays Index
[Update: 1:29 PM] Anybody still think the Rays could send Longoria back to Durham when Willy Aybar comes off the DL? [Update: 1:20 PM] Bill Chastain has the details and they are a doozy. With options, it can be as long as 9-years (!) and as much as $44 million. The salaries for the first six years of the agreement are guaranteed with the team holding a one-year option for 2014 season and a subsequent two-year option for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. The contract guarantees $17.5 million. If the Rays exercise both options, Longoria would earn more than $44 million over the life of the nine-year agreement. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is ...

Rays, Longoria agree to long-term extension
Published 4/18/2008 by Jon Ziegler at Rays of Light
So much for the saga surrounding Evan Longoria ’s arbitration clock. Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is reporting that the Rays and Longoria are on the verge of agreeing to a new, long-term deal. The details of the contract are not yet known, but it is believed that the deal will be for six years in the $17 million range with option scenarios that will enable the Rays to buy out two years of Longoria’s free agency. This entry was posted on Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 11:22 am and is filed under General . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Leave a Reply Name ...

Longoria for the Long Haul
Published 4/18/2008 by Kevin Gengler at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
... Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the "major announcement" will be that the Rays have inked Longoria to a long-term contract: ...

Rays Close to Signing Longoria Long-Term
Published 4/18/2008 by Old Navy King at MLB Fleece Factor
According to Ken Rosenthal at Fox Sports, Tampa Bays Rays phenom third baseman Evan Longoria is near a long-term contract with the organization. Yes, even after ONLY 6 total major-league games!  Full details of the pact are not yet known, but the contract is believed to be for 6 years and $17 million. The deal will likely include option years that would buy out Longoria’s first 2 years of free agency. The contract will also include escalators that would add to the guaranteed money if Longoria becomes the star that most people expect he will. The 22-year old has a major-league line of .300/.417/.500 in his extremely young career. He also has 1 home run and 3 runs batted ...