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 c

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 will sign a ceremonial one-day contract with the Tampa Bay Rays and retire with the team that drafted him in 2006. Longoria, 39, played 16 MLB seasons, 10 of them with the Rays. He joined the Rays' MLB club in 2008 and was named Rookie of the Year after slashing .