The Tampa Bay Rays will look at a lot of different ways to get better this winter, but trading Evan Longoria does not sound like it will be one of them.
According to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, the Rays are willing to listen to offers for a number of players, but Longoria is not one of them. The team is said to be uninterested in moving him after a year in which he hit .273 with 36 homers.
A big factor is that Longoria remains remarkably valuable contract-wise. His 6 year, $99 million deal is well below what market value would dictate he’d get if he were a free agent today.
It’s far more likely that the Rays deal a pitcher, as they were rumored to be doing last summer. They have a surplus of good options there and may look to take advantage of that depth.
