1. Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays: No surprise here, Longoria made it clear the last few years that he is the elite third baseman in all of baseball. Longoria is getting better and better every year. In his third year in the league, Longoria is playing for the team with the best record in baseball. Thanks to Longoria the Rays can compete in the tough American League East and he is looking to bring them back to the World Series to win it this time. Longoria leads his team in hits with 79, doubles with 22, RBI’s with 51, on base percentage with .391, slugging with .573, and average with .321. Longoria continues to get better and better every season. At 24-years-old Longoria may be the best third baseman for a long time to come.

Read who else made the top in Eric Heyer’s post..
Around the Diamond: Top Five Third Baseman of 2010

The Tampa Bay Rays did take a step back after their magical run to the World Series in 2008, but they didn’t slide back into their sorry past.

Tuesday’s 3-1 win against the free-falling Baltimore Orioles in front of 10,349, the smallest home crowd of the season, guaranteed that.

It was win No. 81 for the Rays. They need one victory in their final five games to clinch only the second winning season in their 12-year history.

“That’s we want to do,” left fielder Carl Crawford said. “We want to at least finish on a positive note and have a winning record. Two winning years in a row with this organization never happened, so that’s good for us as we continue to move forward as an organization.”


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