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About Evan Longoria: Selling High and Throwing Strikes.
May 10, 2009 by kris · Leave a Comment
Evan Longoria is currently destroying Major League pitching and justifying his second round draft selection to the tune of .358 AVG/.408 OBP/.706 SLG. Longoria’s already knocked out eight home-runs and is the league leader in runs batted in with 35.
Longoria’s proving me quite wrong, considering I claimed he was nowhere near worthy of a second round draft selection. I have little doubt in my mind that Evan Longoria will be a perennial all-star selection, but I didn’t think he’d achieve MVP-type numbers quite this soon.
However, I wouldn’t be too quick to peg Evan Longoria as first round value quite yet, and I still tend believe he finishes somewhere in the late-20’s when all is said and done.
The Evan Longoria Question is, Why Are Pitchers Still Throwing Him Strikes?
Carlos Pena, the league leader in home runs, bats behind him is the simple answer but stay with me for a second.
Longoria’s has always had passable plate discipline given his power. In his first full season, Longoria whiffed 27% of the time compared to walking 9% of the time. Pitchers continued to pound the zone at a league average clip against Longoria, largely due to his below league average contact-rate.
Organized by slugging percentage, here’s a quick look at the league leaders thus far (stats are as of Thursday May 7th, when I started this Article):
| SWING % | Contact % | ||||||||||
| Name | BB% | K% | BB/K | SLG | Out | Zone | Total | Out | Zone | Total | Zone% |
| Albert Pujols | 16.1% | 9.1% | 2.11 | 0.747 | 21.9% | 73.5% | 43.7% | 85.2% | 91.7% | 89.8% | 42.3% |
| Kevin Youkilis | 15.2% | 20.2% | 0.89 | 0.719 | 17.1% | 62.1% | 38.5% | 61.5% | 88.3% | 82.0% | 47.5% |
| Evan Longoria | 7.6% | 23.9% | 0.35 | 0.706 | 29.4% | 68.4% | 49.3% | 53.1% | 78.2% | 70.9% | 51.1% |
| Raul Ibanez | 10.1% | 17.3% | 0.65 | 0.694 | 21.1% | 59.9% | 39.9% | 51.2% | 89.0% | 78.7% | 48.4% |
| Jorge Cantu | 9.2% | 14.6% | 0.69 | 0.685 | 31.1% | 67.4% | 46.2% | 67.2% | 89.9% | 81.0% | 41.6% |
| Carlos Pena | 13.9% | 33.3% | 0.49 | 0.676 | 18.2% | 71.6% | 43.9% | 53.3% | 74.4% | 69.9% | 48.1% |
| Russell Branyan | 8.9% | 25.6% | 0.38 | 0.659 | 32.5% | 73.8% | 50.4% | 52.4% | 86.4% | 74.0% | 43.4% |
| Miguel Cabrera | 11.1% | 14.6% | 0.86 | 0.656 | 29.0% | 73.1% | 50.0% | 60.4% | 90.2% | 81.1% | 47.7% |
| Victor Martinez | 12.4% | 8.0% | 1.78 | 0.655 | 19.1% | 58.6% | 38.4% | 78.4% | 92.0% | 88.6% | 49.0% |
| Torii Hunter | 9.5% | 13.7% | 0.77 | 0.653 | 30.2% | 73.5% | 49.6% | 66.7% | 91.6% | 83.2% | 44.9% |
| Ian Kinsler | 7.2% | 19.0% | 0.41 | 0.647 | 26.8% | 75.7% | 50.0% | 67.7% | 87.9% | 82.2% | 47.5% |
| Chase Utley | 17.3% | 13.6% | 1.55 | 0.642 | 17.7% | 55.3% | 35.3% | 58.3% | 89.0% | 80.9% | 47.0% |
| Manny Ramirez | 22.0% | 18.5% | 1.53 | 0.641 | 16.9% | 68.8% | 40.5% | 75.6% | 86.3% | 83.9% | 45.5% |
| Nick Swisher | 17.3% | 27.9% | 0.75 | 0.64 | 17.1% | 53.5% | 34.2% | 66.7% | 79.6% | 76.2% | 47.0% |
| Jason Bay | 23.7% | 27.8% | 1.12 | 0.622 | 13.7% | 60.2% | 35.0% | 44.4% | 82.7% | 74.6% | 45.8% |
| Adam Jones | 8.8% | 18.4% | 0.53 | 0.621 | 27.8% | 69.2% | 48.6% | 51.7% | 83.6% | 74.5% | 50.2% |
| Brandon Inge | 14.7% | 24.1% | 0.71 | 0.609 | 19.6% | 57.8% | 37.8% | 58.1% | 80.0% | 74.1% | 47.6% |
| Adrian Gonzalez | 14.3% | 28.4% | 0.59 | 0.608 | 26.6% | 77.2% | 50.7% | 52.4% | 78.9% | 71.6% | 47.6% |
| Michael Young | 6.6% | 19.3% | 0.36 | 0.605 | 26.4% | 70.0% | 48.1% | 51.8% | 85.7% | 76.4% | 49.8% |
| Mike Cameron | 14.4% | 18.9% | 0.89 | 0.6 | 11.2% | 65.0% | 39.8% | 70.0% | 87.1% | 84.9% | 53.1% |
| Nick Markakis | 13.0% | 13.1% | 1.14 | 0.598 | 21.9% | 60.1% | 40.0% | 75.9% | 89.5% | 85.6% | 47.3% |
| Adam Lind | 12.1% | 19.8% | 0.7 | 0.586 | 25.7% | 59.8% | 41.1% | 69.3% | 90.2% | 83.0% | 45.0% |
| Jorge Posada | 13.5% | 24.7% | 0.63 | 0.584 | 20.2% | 61.9% | 40.2% | 57.1% | 90.9% | 82.1% | 48.1% |
| Carlos Beltran | 15.5% | 18.4% | 1 | 0.582 | 20.9% | 69.1% | 43.0% | 79.1% | 91.7% | 88.4% | 45.9% |
| Brad Hawpe | 14.0% | 14.9% | 1.09 | 0.581 | 20.8% | 66.1% | 42.4% | 57.5% | 85.2% | 78.1% | 47.5% |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 8.3% | 19.8% | 0.45 | 0.568 | 26.4% | 60.7% | 43.0% | 77.8% | 84.6% | 82.4% | 48.4% |
| Aaron Hill | 6.9% | 14.9% | 0.5 | 0.567 | 29.1% | 69.4% | 49.6% | 63.2% | 91.1% | 83.1% | 50.8% |
| Ryan Ludwick | 6.1% | 16.3% | 0.4 | 0.565 | 29.7% | 73.1% | 51.6% | 62.8% | 87.5% | 80.5% | 50.4% |
| Alberto Callaspo | 9.8% | 5.4% | 2 | 0.565 | 24.4% | 73.3% | 47.1% | 84.2% | 97.0% | 93.4% | 46.4% |
| Mike Lowell | 3.5% | 12.7% | 0.29 | 0.564 | 26.1% | 58.2% | 43.1% | 83.3% | 93.4% | 90.5% | 53.1% |
| Nelson Cruz | 8.2% | 22.8% | 0.39 | 0.564 | 19.5% | 73.0% | 44.6% | 45.2% | 78.3% | 70.6% | 46.8% |
| Joey Votto | 13.8% | 21.0% | 0.76 | 0.56 | 22.6% | 74.8% | 47.0% | 67.9% | 83.4% | 79.5% | 46.8% |
| Andre Ethier | 16.1% | 15.4% | 1.25 | 0.558 | 24.5% | 67.4% | 44.7% | 72.3% | 93.1% | 87.1% | 47.1% |
| Adam Dunn | 22.8% | 28.4% | 1.04 | 0.557 | 16.7% | 60.5% | 36.1% | 62.2% | 77.7% | 73.7% | 44.3% |
| Ryan Braun | 13.4% | 22.7% | 0.68 | 0.557 | 27.4% | 59.9% | 42.6% | 63.9% | 88.1% | 79.9% | 46.9% |
| Justin Upton | 10.0% | 25.9% | 0.43 | 0.556 | 28.8% | 64.1% | 43.8% | 45.5% | 79.1% | 66.4% | 42.6% |
| Justin Morneau | 6.0% | 17.3% | 0.37 | 0.555 | 37.7% | 72.3% | 52.4% | 55.6% | 93.0% | 77.6% | 42.5% |
| Jason Kubel | 5.2% | 15.2% | 0.36 | 0.554 | 26.2% | 73.7% | 49.4% | 60.5% | 93.0% | 84.2% | 48.8% |
| Freddy Sanchez | 3.4% | 17.0% | 0.21 | 0.554 | 30.2% | 67.7% | 51.0% | 65.0% | 90.5% | 83.8% | 55.5% |
| Jermaine Dye | 6.3% | 29.2% | 0.23 | 0.551 | 25.3% | 67.6% | 45.5% | 60.0% | 86.2% | 78.6% | 47.9% |
| Mark Reynolds | 9.3% | 33.0% | 0.31 | 0.546 | 19.8% | 66.0% | 42.8% | 37.5% | 72.7% | 64.5% | 49.8% |
| Hank Blalock | 3.0% | 15.3% | 0.2 | 0.541 | 28.9% | 70.0% | 49.7% | 56.3% | 87.4% | 78.4% | 50.6% |
| Orlando Hudson | 12.7% | 10.3% | 1.42 | 0.538 | 15.9% | 66.4% | 40.4% | 55.3% | 91.3% | 84.0% | 48.6% |
| Bengie Molina | 0.0% | 12.6% | 0 | 0.537 | 53.6% | 81.2% | 65.7% | 67.5% | 90.9% | 80.2% | 44.0% |
| Jay Bruce | 10.9% | 22.2% | 0.55 | 0.533 | 25.9% | 75.3% | 49.1% | 51.9% | 86.6% | 76.9% | 47.0% |
| Johnny Damon | 11.5% | 14.0% | 0.93 | 0.53 | 21.1% | 64.2% | 42.2% | 77.3% | 90.7% | 87.3% | 49.0% |
| Shane Victorino | 6.9% | 9.3% | 0.8 | 0.528 | 29.9% | 63.0% | 46.3% | 72.7% | 93.9% | 87.0% | 49.6% |
| Curtis Granderson | 9.2% | 21.3% | 0.48 | 0.528 | 20.9% | 59.2% | 40.2% | 60.4% | 86.2% | 79.6% | 50.3% |
| Kosuke Fukudome | 19.2% | 18.8% | 1.27 | 0.525 | 10.7% | 54.2% | 31.1% | 52.2% | 90.3% | 83.3% | 46.9% |
| Elijah Dukes | 11.6% | 27.4% | 0.48 | 0.524 | 23.7% | 76.0% | 46.0% | 42.9% | 82.1% | 70.5% | 42.7% |
| Alfonso Soriano | 9.0% | 27.9% | 0.35 | 0.523 | 35.4% | 72.0% | 51.5% | 44.7% | 89.7% | 72.4% | 44.1% |
| Chris Duncan | 14.6% | 20.5% | 0.83 | 0.523 | 18.8% | 66.1% | 40.2% | 28.2% | 93.8% | 77.0% | 45.2% |
| Robinson Cano | 5.8% | 9.6% | 0.64 | 0.518 | 30.6% | 70.1% | 49.8% | 82.5% | 96.3% | 92.0% | 48.5% |
| Todd Helton | 10.1% | 15.7% | 0.71 | 0.517 | 22.3% | 70.4% | 45.7% | 81.3% | 89.5% | 87.4% | 48.6% |
| Carlos Quentin | 9.5% | 12.6% | 0.83 | 0.516 | 27.0% | 81.9% | 52.8% | 66.7% | 90.3% | 83.9% | 47.0% |
| Rod Barajas | 5.6% | 11.9% | 0.5 | 0.512 | 26.3% | 74.7% | 51.9% | 67.5% | 92.1% | 86.2% | 52.8% |
| Carlos Lee | 7.3% | 8.8% | 0.89 | 0.51 | 23.8% | 74.0% | 49.3% | 68.2% | 95.1% | 88.7% | 50.9% |
| Ryan Howard | 11.6% | 29.3% | 0.45 | 0.505 | 31.6% | 81.7% | 52.1% | 44.2% | 81.2% | 67.9% | 40.9% |
| Mike Jacobs | 9.9% | 29.7% | 0.37 | 0.505 | 26.5% | 65.9% | 44.2% | 54.2% | 85.0% | 74.9% | 44.9% |
I understand that this is a lot to digest, but it gives a much clearer picture of Longoria as a hitter. I’ve bolded the statistics that fall noticeably below the league average in any given category (B/KK, Swing Percentage Outside the Zone, Swing Percentages Inside the Zone, Contact Outside the Zone, Contact Inside the Zone, and Zone Percentage [or percent of pitches inside the zone.])
Onto the Question: Why’s Longoria Getting So Many Pitches to Hit?
Of the elite hitters on this list, you’ve got to go all the way down to Adam Jones and Mike Cameron to find the other hot-hitting players that are seeing more pitches inside, rather than outside, of the zone. This obviously has quite a bit to do with line-up protection and for the most part it’s still pick your poison (Jones or Markakis, Braun or Cameron). If these players continue their hot hitting ways, you’d expect them to see less pitches inside the zone even if they’re protected by some of the most elite hitters in the game.
Longoria’s plate discipline statistics do not predict a dominant hitter. Longoria’s stats actually resemble a Russell Branyan-type hitter at this point. Their stats are eerily similar:
| Name | BB% | K% | BB/K | SLG | Out | Zone | Total | Out | Zone | Total | Zone% |
| Russell Branyan | 8.9% | 25.6% | 0.38 | 0.659 | 32.5% | 73.8% | 50.4% | 52.4% | 86.4% | 74.0% | 43.4% |
| Evan Longoria | 7.6% | 23.9% | 0.35 | 0.706 | 29.4% | 68.4% | 49.3% | 53.1% | 78.2% | 70.9% | 51.1% |
Branyan chases a few more pitches, but he also makes more contact. The only real difference here is that Longoria’s seeing 7% more pitches inside the strike-zone. Comparing Russell Branyan and Evan Longoria is terrifying, so I’ll never do it again, but how does Longoria react when pitchers start throwing him more borderline strikes?
Longoria’s plate discipline statistics may be skewed because he’s seeing the ball so well, and making damn-hard contact so often — but I’m still concerned.
Other players like Adam Jones, Ryan Ludwick, Nelson Cruz, Justin Upton and Mark Reynolds fall into the trap of walking too little, swinging too much, and making poor contact on those swings. It’s obviously been working for them just as well as it has been for Longoria, but they’re all young players who are still getting a large percentage of pitches inside the zone.
If Longoria keeps up his sweet swinging ways, pitchers are going to have to start respecting him or challenging him. Carlos Pena continues to be among the league leaders in Home Runs, but at some point pitchers are going to have to risk walking Longoria in order to test his plate discipline. It’s a tricky situation as the Rays’ line-up has been terrific thus far and Upton still hasn’t even come close to hitting his stride.
Opposing pitchers will eventually catch onto Longoria’s lack of plate discipline, and it’ll be up to Longoria to adapt. I’m not predicting the end of the Longoria-Era by any stretch of the imagination. Ryan Howard has obviously shown that a player can still be successful only getting 40% of their pitches inside of the zone.
Keep in mind, we’re really only working off 30 games worth of 2009 statistics so there’s going to be a small sample size warning. With Longoria, it’s quite clear why almost everything is prefaced with a small sample size caveat — Check out the pitchers that he’s faced thus far:
| vs. Baltimore Orioles | ||||||||||||||||
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
| Danys Báez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Bass | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.5 | |
| Adam Eaton | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.167 | 1.667 | |
| Jeremy Guthrie | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1 | 1.667 | |
| Mark Hendrickson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 1.333 | 1.667 | |
| Jim Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Bob McCrory | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Koji Uehara | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1 | |
| Jamie Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| vs. Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||||||||
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
| Josh Beckett | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 | 0.5 | |
| Manny Delcarmen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.667 | 0.5 | 1.167 | |
| Hunter Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Jon Lester | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1 | |
| Javier López | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| Justin Masterson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.25 | 1.75 | |
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.333 | 3.333 | |
| Hideki Okajima | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Penny | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0.333 | |
| Ramón Ramírez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Takashi Saito | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.5 | |
| Tim Wakefield | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1 | 1.667 | |
| vs. Chicago White Sox | ||||||||||||||||
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
| Mark Buehrle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 | |
| D.J. Carrasco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bartolo Colón | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1 | |
| Octavio Dotel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gavin Floyd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clayton Richard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| vs. Minnesota Twins | ||||||||||||||||
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
| Luis Ayala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Baker | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1 | 1.667 | |
| Nick Blackburn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 | |
| R.A. Dickey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francisco Liriano | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 | 1 | |
| José Mijares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| vs. New York Yankees | ||||||||||||||||
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
| Jonathan Albaladejo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Bruney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A.J. Burnett | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.5 | 0.833 | |
| Andy Pettitte | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 1.333 | 1.667 | |
| Edwar Ramírez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| Mariano Rivera | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 2.5 | |
| José Veras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | |
| vs. Oakland Athletics | ||||||||||||||||
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
| Dallas Braden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.667 | 0.5 | 1.167 | |
| Trevor Cahill | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Dana Eveland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.333 | 0 | 0.333 | |
| Dan Giese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | |
| Russ Springer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Wuertz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| vs. Seattle Mariners | ||||||||||||||||
| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
| David Aardsma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miguel Batista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Corcoran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Félix Hernández | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Jakubauskas | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.667 | 1.5 | 2.167 | |
| Mark Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jarrod Washburn | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.667 | 1 | 1.667 | |
This isn’t exactly murderers row, but you’ve got to give credit to Longoria for killing the pitchers that he should be killing. He hasn’t had much luck against solid pitchers, and has thus far managed to run into the tougher pitchers are opportune times. Catching the Yankees and the Red Sox early in the season when their pitching is a mess has helped Longoria and all of the Rays. A large portion of Longoria’s counting stats have come off none other than the Baltimore Orioles — it’ll be fun to watch him take on some of the stronger rotations.
To me, Longoria’s the epitome of a sell-high candidate. If you can get first round talent for him, I’m pulling the trigger pronto.
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