Evan Longoria will be 37 years old when his new contract extension ends after the 2022 season. (J. Meric/Getty Images)

The Rays have announced a contract extension for third baseman Evan Longoria worth $100 million over six seasons with a club option in 2023.

In effect, the Rays picked up their three options and added another six guaranteed years. The additional years are tacked on to the end of Longoria’s current contract — considered one of MLB’s most team friendly deals — that had his salary increasing from $6 million in 2013 to $11.5 million in 2016.

Longoria will be 37 years old if he plays out the extension through the 2022 season.

Longoria batted 289/.369/.527/.896 with 17 home runs and 55 RBI in a 2012 season in which injuries limited him to 273 at-bats in 74 games.

Former World Series MVP Hideki Matsui will join the Tampa Bay Rays today. (Otto Greule Jr./Getty Images)

Former World Series MVP and two-time American League All-Star Hideki Matsui will join the Tampa Bay Rays for tonight’s game against the Chicago White Sox after being called up from Triple-A Durham.

Matsui, 37, has played nine seasons in the majors with the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, and Oakland Athletics. He won the World Series MVP in 2009 after the Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games.

The Rays made room on the roster by optioning outfielder-designated hitter Stephen Vogt to Durham and transferred outfielder Brandon Guyer from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.

Matsui played in 141 games for Oakland in 2011. He batted .251 with 12 home runs and 72 RBIs, mostly as a designated hitter.  Matsui has 173 HR and 753 RBI with a lifetime .285 average in the majors.

Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria will miss four to eight weeks with a partial tear of his hamstring, according to MLB.com.

BREAKING: Rays 3B Evan Longoria out 4-8 weeks with partial tear of left hamstring.—
  (@MLB) May 01, 2012

Longoria had an MRI earlier Tuesday.

On the season, Longoria is hitting .329 with four home runs.

Danny Clyburn Jr., a former MLB baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Devil Rays, was found  dead in his front yard this morning, reports the Lancaster Herald.

According to Police reports, Derrick Lamont Mcilwain, 36, and Clyburn had been arguing in front of Clyburn’s home when a shot was fired. Later this morning Mcilwain was arrested and is being charged with murder and possession of a weapon. He will remain at the Lancaster detention center until a bond hearing has taken place.

“He was a good son,” Danny Clyburn Sr. said of his son, according to the Herald, “He tried hard to stay on top, always tried. He worked hard in baseball.”

Clyburn was an outfielder for the three seasons in the majors, two with the Orioles and one with the Devil Rays. He played in 41 games and hit four home runs during his MLB career and posted a .211 batting average.