April 11, 2008
Gaining a Year
The Tampa Bay Rays are about to call up Evan Longoria, giving him just enough time in the minors to prevent him from becoming a free agent until after his seventh season. He'll be a super-two, going to arbitration four years, but we now know the Rays were more interested in controlling him for an extra year than paying the arbitration bill.
I have to think that this has to make good PR for the Rays, seeing as it looks like they weren't in it for the savings, but rather they'd trade three weeks now for one season later. Kudos to them, I say.
they probably learned that in phillies management 101.
