| Hot | 6/13/2013 10:45:00 AM |
Description: Rays third baseman Evan Longoria came away with five hits, including two homers, in 12 career at-bats against Royals starter Ervin Santana. | Insight: Longoria has homered in three straight games, and with Santana on the hill he has a good shot to make it four. | | |
| Hot | 5/19/2013 9:48:00 AM |
Description: Rays third baseman Evan Longoria has crushed Orioles starter Chris Tillman, going 7-for-15 with three homers against the right-hander. | Insight: Longoria is raking this season, batting .329 with nine homers, 27 RBI and a .979 OPS, and Sunday should be another strong day for the third baseman. | | |
| Hot | 5/9/2013 10:56:00 PM |
Description: Rays third baseman Evan Longoria is 22-for-51(.431) with seven doubles, a triple, three homers, 12 RBI and a 7/6 K/BB over his last 12 games. | Insight: Longoria's average is now .331, and he has 18 extra-base hits. As usual, the only thing that can prevent Longoria from having a monster season is an injury. | | |
| 5/9/2013 9:50:00 AM |
Description: Rays third baseman Evan Longoria had a productive night Wednesday against Toronto. | Insight: He went 3-for-4 and finished a triple shy of the cycle. Longoria's .320 batting average this season is ninth-best in the American League. | | |
| 5/2/2013 11:35:00 AM |
Description: It would be a mistake not to start Evan Longoria on Thursday. The Rays first baseman bats .417 against Royals righty Ervin Santana. | Insight: Longoria is a .325 career hitter versus the Royals. He should be able to take advantage of this excellent matchup. | | |
| 4/26/2013 11:55:00 AM |
Description: Tampa Bay 3B Evan Longoria is just 1-for-9, a single, in his matchups with White Sox starter Jake Peavy. | Insight: Longoria has exactly one hit in 11 of the last 12 games, but at least he's starting to hit for power after not hitting a home run over his first 11 games. In this unfavorable matchup, however, fantasy owners should be happy if he gets one hit. | | |
| 4/24/2013 10:04:00 AM |
Description: Tampa Bay 3B Evan Longoria has been frustrated for most of his career by Yankees starter Andy Pettitte. In 18 career at-bats, Longoria has managed just two hits and struck out 10 times. | Insight: After not hitting a home run over his first 11 games, Longoria (.282, 5 HR, 10 RBI, 0.879 OPS) has rebounded with five in the last nine contests, but this is an unfavorable matchup. | | |
| Hot | 4/22/2013 9:50:00 AM |
Description: Tampa Bay 3B Evan Longoria is one of the few hitters who is consistently successful when facing Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia. In 39 career at-bats, Longoria is hitting .359 with five homers, nine RBI and a 1.321 OPS. | Insight: After not hitting a home run over his first 11 games, Longoria (.281, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 0.856 OPS) hit four last week and is a must start in this favorable matchup with Sabathia. | | |
| Hot | 4/17/2013 9:46:00 AM |
Description: Tampa Bay 3B Evan Longoria "owns" Baltimore right-hander Chris Tillman with three homers and a .500 batting average in 12 at-bats | Insight: After not hitting a home run over his first 11 games, Longoria has one in each of his last two and now enjoys an extremely favorable matchup. He's a must start. | | |
| Hot | 4/16/2013 10:43:00 PM |
Description: Rays 3B Evan Longoria went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer Tuesday against the Orioles. | Insight: After not hitting a home run over his first 11 games, Longoria has one in each of his last two. He's batting .302 with six RBIs. | | |
| Hot | 4/10/2013 10:06:00 AM |
Description: Rays' third baseman Evan Longoria enjoys facing Texas left-hander Derek Holland off whom he's batting .409 with three homers in 22 career at-bats. | Insight: Longoria has missed 117 games over the past two seasons, but so far has played in every game this season, and is batting .370. He's yet to put up an extra base hit, however, but that could come today in this favorable matchup. | | |
| 2/25/2013 12:06:00 PM |
Description: Rays third baseman Evan Longoria (hamstring) is expected to make his debut on Tuesday, according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. | Insight: Longoria has missed 117 games over the past two seasons and could be getting the "injury-prone" tag if he comes up with another shortened season. He's still a great hitter, but don't expect him to run anymore, those days are long gone. | | |
| 2/4/2013 11:46:00 AM |
Description: Rays third baseman Evan Longoria told the Tampa Bay Times that his injured hamstring, which limited him to 74 games last season, "is ready." | Insight: Longoria has missed 117 games over the past two seasons and could be getting the "injury-prone" tag if he comes up with another shortened season. He's still a great hitter, but don't expect him to run anymore, those days are long gone. | | |
| 11/26/2012 12:22:00 PM |
Description: The Rays inked third baseman Evan Longoria to a six-year, $100 million contract extension through 2022. | Insight: Tampa Bay has been proactive in locking up Longoria to team friendly deals. The Rays signed the star third baseman to a six-year, $17.5 million deal within a few days of his major league debut in 2008 with team options for 2014, 2015 and 2016. They have decided to forego the three option years by extending him through 2022. Coming off a season in which he played just 74 games due to a torn hamstring, Longoria could see his fantasy draft stock fall in 2013. | | |
| 10/3/2012 10:15:00 PM |
Description: Rays third baseman Evan Longoria crushed three homers Wednesday in his final game of the season. | Insight: Longoria missed more than half the year because of a hamstring injury but he was still able to finish the season with 17 homers and 55 RBI. If he's healthy going into next season, Longoria could be a threat to hit 30 homers in 2013. | | |
| 10/2/2012 4:40:00 PM |
Description: Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria is in the lineup Tuesday even though the Rays were eliminated from playoff contention Monday. | Insight: There was talk that Longoria would miss the final games if Tampa Bay was eliminated but he's in there Tuesday. | | |
| 9/18/2012 4:58:00 PM |
Description: Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria is back in the lineup Tuesday after getting a day off to rest his legs. | Insight: Longoria (.280, 12 HR, 43 RBI) will serve as the Rays' DH Tuesday. | | |
| 9/17/2012 6:58:00 PM |
Description: Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria is getting the night off Monday against Boston. | Insight: Longoria (.280, 12 HR, 43 RBI) has struggled mightily against the Red Sox in 2012 (1-for-16 with four strikeouts). Utilty player Jeff Keppinger (.320, 6 HR, 32 RBI) will get the start at third base. | | |
| 9/14/2012 9:50:00 AM |
Description: Rays third baseman Evan Longoria is a career .378 hitter (14-for-37) versus Yankees ace C.C. Sabathia with five homers and a 1.376 OPS. | Insight: After a slow start follow a long injury, Longoria has begun to hit as we have come to expect. He's raised his average to .286 with 11 HR, 40 RBI and a .861 OPS in 56 games. | | |
| 9/7/2012 12:35:00 PM |
Description: Rays third baseman Evan Longoria is a career .421 hitter (8-for-19) versus Texas left-hander Derek Holland with a pair of homers and a 1.424 OPS. | Insight: After a slow start follow a long injury, Longoria has begun to hit as we have come to expect. He batted .353 over the past week with a 1.097 OPS. He's a must start on Friday night. | | |
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