Now, after making his decision to retire from baseball, Longoria will officially retire as a Tampa Bay Ray. Longoria will sign a one-day contract with the Rays and leave his MLB career on June 7. There will be a special pre-game ceremony featuring Longoria and his family before the Rays play the Miami Marlins at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

Veteran third baseman Evan Longoria is officially calling it a career. MLB announced Monday that Longoria is retiring after 16 seasons and will sign a ceremonial one-day contract with the Tampa Bay Rays on June 7 to end his career with the team with which he began.

TAMPA, Fla. — Evan Longoria will sign a one-day contract with Tampa Bay and officially retire as a Ray on June 7. The greatest player in franchise history didn’t play last season after spending the 2023 season in Arizona but never officially retired. Now he’ll do it with the team where he built his illustrious career.