The Rays were hoping to get Evan Longoria back on Friday night. But that’s highly unlikely to happen.
From beat writer Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times comes word that Longo felt renewed soreness in his left hamstring after playing consecutive rehab games on Sunday and Monday at Triple-A Durham and will be shut down until at least Thursday.
It’s not a re-injury of any kind, but Longoria has missed close to two full months with a partially torn left hamstring and is now having lingering problems with it. There has to be some level of concern among the Rays medical staff that the 26-year-old third baseman will be fighting this stuff even after he’s activated from the disabled list.
Longoria was batting .329/.433/.561 with 19 RBI through his first 23 games played this season.
The Rays are currently three games back of an American League Wild Card spot.
