praeceps93
Roaming in Rome
The Archer love is understandable. It's the idea that the Rays will trade him that I don't get.
Rays don't trade SPs until they only have 1-2 years remaining. That means they are unlikely to trade Archer until after the 2019 season, or possibly at the 2019 deadline if they are completely out of playoff contention.
Yeah. In the past 3 years, among qualified pitchers he's 5th in K/9, 4th in IP, 28th in ERA, 12th in FIP and xFIP, and 6th in overall fWAR. He good.