Longoria added to Team USA roster | raysbaseball.com: News
You know if the WBC played EVERY DAY like spring training. We might not have as many damn injuries. Just a thought.PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Evan Longoria will be added to Team USA for the semifinal round of the World Baseball Classic, the Rays announced Thursday night.
Longoria has been one of the names bantered about all week as a likely addition to the team after Chipper Jones was injured, but Longoria remained in the dark as late as Thursday afternoon about whether he would be asked to join the team in Los Angeles.
Team USA's only options for replacements were players who were listed on the provisional roster. In addition to Longoria, catchers A.J. Pierzynski and Brian Schnieder, first baseman Derrek Lee and outfielders Grady Sizemore, Vernon Wells, Carlos Quentin and Ryan Ludwick were also on the roster.
I heard someone say Longoria might be used at first. USA needed someone because they are dropping like flies, a WBC nightmare.
Im pretty sure they have to add an OF as well. Which one i'm not sure of.