Evan Longoria, who holds several Tampa Bay Rays franchise records from his tenure as the team's beloved third baseman, will officially retire as a Ray in June.

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.

Evan Longoria never really got a chance to say goodbye as a player. He didn’t know that his last game with the Rays would come on Oct. 1, 2017, before they traded him to the Giants that December. He d