March 25, 2008
The Truth About Longoria
Rays of Light feels Tampa Bay's management lied to the fans about Longoria:
But it goes back to being able to put the best team possible on the field. That's what we've heard - essentially - from the front office all off-season. Who among us really believes that Willy Aybar rather than Evan Longoria is the third baseman on the best possible team? And that, again, goes back to the feeling that we were lied to - at least a little bit. 2008 ISN'T the year in which "one day" becomes "now." 2008 is just another building year to some season in the future. And FriedCo. is going to have to deal with the backlash that comes from that.
Posted by David Pinto at
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The Rays are on the clock. We will judge them by what they do with this decision. We have heard the words of compete coming from there mouths. We’ll see in the next few days if there words were just that, or if there is substance behind what they say.
There is no question that the 2008 Rays are a better ball club with Evan at the hot corner!
But, on the other hand, it's so valuable to keep a player down and prevent him from reaching arbitration and free agency earlier. I doubt that the Rays are going to miss out on a playoff spot by a few games so I understand the decision.