Tampa Bay Rays’ Evan Longoria flips his bat after hitting into a fielder’s choice against the Baltimore Orioles during the third inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Daniel Robertson scored on the play. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO–Wanting to a make a splash in the 2017 Free Agency or trade market, the San Francisco Giants have finally made a splash and it was a big splash.

The Giants have acquired third baseman Evan Longoria from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for center fielder Denard Span, and three of the Giants’ top prospects.

Infielder Christian Arroyo, left-handed pitcher Matt Krook and right-hander Stephen Woods are also on their way to Tampa Bay. The Rays also sent the Giants cash considerations.

Longoria brings a career .270 average with 261 home runs, 892 runs batted in and 780 runs scored to San Francisco. Over the past five seasons, Longoria has played in 798 games, the most by any player in the major leagues.

“This move fills an important need for our club and completes one of our offseason goals,” Giants executive vice president of baseball operations Brian Sabean said. “Evan has been one of the best third basemen in the game over the last decade, and we are thrilled to add him to the organization. Moving forward, we will continue to work on additional opportunities to improve the club for 2018.”

This is the second big move by the Giants in as many days, as the Giants re-signed catcher Nick Hundley to a one-year contract on Tuesday.

“At the end of the day, it would have to be something that I couldn’t say no to,” Hundley said. “This is an opportunity to be with San Francisco, and I couldn’t say no to that. There’s only a handful of teams that are trying to win it all, and San Francisco’s one of them.”

In his first year with the Giants, Hundley started 65 games as Buster Posey’s backup at catcher, as he hit .244 with nine home runs and 35 runs batted in.

Hundley was named the winner of the Willie Mac Award as the team’s most inspirational player. He is the eighth player since the award began in 1980 to receive the award in his first season with the team.