Evan Longoria switches coasts as he brings the Rays four players from the Giants:
Longoria has five years remaining on a six-year, $100 million contract that also includes a seventh-year club option.
The Rays will be getting infielder Christian Arroyo, minor league pitchers Matt Krook and Stephen Woods and must take on the last year of outfielder Denard Span‘s contract. He will earn $9 million.
The 32-year-old is a three-time All-Star who has spent his entire 10-year career with the Rays and in many ways was the face of the franchise.
Longoria serves as a template for how a team gets the most out of a player. Signed to a six year, $17.5 million deal a few days after reaching the majors, the Rays made Longoria and the fans happy that they were willing to pay a top prospect to stay on the team. The Rays received about 35 fWAR from Longoria in those six years, worth about $237 million. The current contract is back loaded, so he’s still owed $81 million, more than half the contract. Given that he only produced 14.5 WAR over the last four seasons, the Giants are not getting the superstar the Rays fans knew and loved.
The Rays get Arroyo, who does a good job getting on base, Krook who blows away batters but has not learned control, and Woods, who is similar. I suspect all will see MLB action sooner than later.
The Giants plug a black hole at third base, where their crew posted a .216/.268/.300 slash line in 2017. Even a declining Longoria is much better than that.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2Balxxg
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