Taking Things To Their Logical Conclusion

by Andrew on Apr 18, 2008 10:24 AM PDT

Turns out my ranting and raving about Ryan Howard's arbitration payout wasn't just complete lunacy. As more and more young talent gets locked up long term, the Rays took things to their logical conclusion, signing Evan Longoria for six years, 17 million dollars after Longoria's 24th big league plate appearance. The deal has options that can extend this into a nine year, 44 million dollar contract.

I really can't see any downside to doing this for a guy that looks as can't miss as Longoria. Even if Longoria gets hurt today and never plays another game, the Rays are only out 2.8 million dollars a year for the life of the contract, or one less journeyman middle reliever a year. If it works out, then they get to avoid playing in an arbitration market that will probably see Hanley Ramirez break Howard's record. Ii'd say that's worth the risk of not having another Al Reyes equivelant.

On a completely unrelated note, no Dodger with less than nine years of service time is under contract for 2009. Kuroda doesn't count.

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Update>>Diamondback's head of player development A.J. Hinch writes about how little minor leaguers get paid in comparison to their big league counterparts. A great article, espcially if you believe baseball players are overpaid.

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I'm shocked

he sold out for so little. What a great deal for the Rays. It almost makes me wonder if he is not very confident in his ability to be a star. He already had the incredible bonus why would he need to worry about financial security and sell his services at such a low rate?

The baseball association must be pissed.

by Phil Gurnee on Apr 18, 2008 12:47 PM PDT reply actions

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2012 Dodgers Payroll

Italics denote estimates
Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$500,000	team control
1B	7	Loney	$6,375,000
2B	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
3B	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
SS	9	Gordon	$485,000	team control
LF	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
CF	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

IF/OF	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
OF	10	Gwynn	$850,000
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
C	18	Treanor	$850,000
IF	12	Sellers	$485,000	team control

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
SP	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
SP	37	Capuano	$3,000,000
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000

CL	54	Guerra	$485,000	team control
RHP	74	Jansen	$500,000	team control
RHP	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
RHP		Coffey	$1,000,000
RHP	66	MacDougal	$650,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$485,000	team control
RHP	36	Hawksworth	$500,000	team control

TJ	41	De La Rosa	$485,000	team control

		Manny	$8,087,432	deferred
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Pierre	$3,050,000	deferred
		Furcal	$3,000,000	deferred
		Kuroda	$2,000,000	deferred
		Garland	$1,500,000	option buyout
		Blake	$1,250,000	option buyout

Totals			$112,162,432
For more detailed information, click here.
Players on 40-man roster used as roster fillers until moves are made. Current 40-man roster count: 40 (not including Belisario)

2012 Non-Roster Invitees

No	Player	Age*
63	Jose Ascanio rhp	27
61	Alberto Castillo lhp	36
60	Matt Chico lhp	29
35	John Grabow lhp	33
59	Angel Guzman rhp	30
47	Wil Ledezma lhp	31
72	Shane Lindsay rhp	27
62	Fernando Nieve rhp	29
73	Scott Rice lhp	30
70	Will Savage rhp	27
71	Ryan Tucker rhp	25

30	Josh Bard c	34
82	Griff Erickson c	24
81	Matt Wallachc	26
67	Jeff Baisley 3b/1b	29
62	Luis Cruz ss/2b	28
33	Josh Fields 3b	29
64	Lance Zawadzki if	27
56	Cory Sullivan of	32

*Age on June 30, 2012
NRI count: 19 For more info, click here.

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