New Arrivals: Evan Longoria, 3b, Tampa Bay

When I was in Cleveland I was able to get the scorecard signed by Longoria. I have seen the Rays play twice, and got Longoria both times. I have heard that Tampa Bay is good signing team, and from what I have seen they really do deserve the distinction.

The card is the 2013 Topps Museum Collection autograph. I have been waiting for one to pop up on Ebay, and was pretty excited when one showed up for a $69 BIN. Long story short: I bought it. Seller sent me the note the next day saying he already sold it on Facebook, and I was out of luck. I emailed him saying “Really dude? Facebook? $100?”. He hit me back saying “It’s yours!”.

I am not happy with the transaction. I do love the card, though.

Longo is having a good, though not great season. He is still one of the better 3B in the league, but his OPS is slipping, and he in on par to have the second most strikeouts in his career.  Still, he is only 28, so he has plenty of career left.

Year	Age	Tm	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	OPS	OPS+	Awards
2008	22	TBR	448	122	27	85	46	122	.272	.343	.874	127	AS,MVP-11,RoY-1
2009	23	TBR	584	164	33	113	72	140	.281	.364	.889	133	AS,MVP-19,GG,SS
2010	24	TBR	574	169	22	104	72	124	.294	.372	.879	143	AS,MVP-6,GG
2011	25	TBR	483	118	31	99	80	93	.244	.355	.850	138	MVP-10
2012	26	TBR	273	79	17	55	33	61	.289	.369	.896	148
2013	27	TBR	470	127	26	67	57	127	.270	.347	.858	138
6 Yrs			2832	779	156	523	360	667	.275	.358	.874	137
162 Game Avg.			604	166	33	111	77	142	.275	.358	.874	137

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 8/24/2013.