Rays Exercise Crawford's Option

Carl Crawford will at least spend one more year (barring mid-season trade) with the Rays after they exercised his $10 million team option for the 2010 season.

Executive vice president Andrew Friedman said both Crawford and the Rays are "very interested" in discussing a long-term deal that would "keep Carl in a Rays uniform for as long as possible," but he acknowledged an extension is "going to take some creativity."

"Carl is a big part of what we've accomplished and what we will accomplish in the future," Friedman said.

From that it sounds like he'll be a Ray for a long time.