Longoria pleased to see Rays acquire Duffy

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ST. PETERSBURG — Evan Longoria was the Rays’ All-Star third baseman who had just broken into the Major Leagues with a bang. Matt Duffy was still just a college infielder. They were both at the Long Beach State field in Southern California when the two met — a moment that is vague for Longoria, but still vivid for Duffy.

Now, Longoria is excited to share the left half of the infield with Duffy, also a former Long Beach State player, who was acquired by the Rays from the Giants prior to Monday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline. But Longoria is still stung by the the three teammates — Matt Moore, Brandon Guyer and Steve Pearce — sent off in deals before the Deadline.

“You look at the one-run games and some of the things that we could have done right earlier in the year, and maybe say, …

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