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Is The Longoria Deal Really That Smart?

By Tom FornelliApr 20th 2008 – 1:56PM

I'm sure there were a lot of surprised faces in Major League clubhouses this week when word dropped that the Tampa Bay Rays signed Evan Longoria to a 9-year deal. There were probably some pissed off faces as well, belonging to players that have put in years of service, and gotten nowhere near that kind of money. A...

Background on Todd Van Poppel

Todd Matthew Van Poppel (born December 9, 1971 in Hinsdale, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Oakland Athletics (, -), Detroit Tigers (1996), Texas Rangers (, -), Pittsburgh Pirates (1998), Chicago Cubs (-), and Cincinnati Reds (2003-).

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