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Roger Mooney covers the Tampa Bay Rays for The Tampa Tribune, TBO.com and News Channel 8. He has covered the Rays since their first season in 1998, including 11 years for the Bradenton Herald. Roger has also covered Florida, South Florida and Florida State football, the Bucs and the Lightning.

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Longoria on the way

Posted Apr 11, 2008 by Marc Lancaster

Updated Apr 11, 2008 at 08:19 PM

Evan Longoria’s major-league debut may only be a day or two away. The Rays’ prized prospect was not in Durham’s lineup for the Bulls’ home opener tonight and Durham’s radio broadcast reported he is on his way to the majors.

Updating: A person familiar with the situation confirmed to the Tribune that Longoria has been called up. The Rays haven’t made it official and probably won’t announce anything until after the game, at the earliest. 

Manager Joe Maddon and executive vice president Andrew Friedman acknowledged before the game today that Longoria might be called up to replace Willy Aybar if the Rays place their third baseman on the disabled list with a hamstring problem. The Rays were awaiting the results of an MRI exam on Aybar’s leg before determining whether to make a move.

The only other in-house option to replace Aybar would be Joel Guzman, but he is starting for the Bulls tonight. If he was headed to Tampa Bay, the organization wouldn’t risk injury by playing him tonight.