Tampa Bay Rays starter Chris Archer is the type of injury free–proven commodity that most teams looking for a top of the rotation type right-hander would covet.
Over the course of his five-year career, Archer is 40-50 with a 3.51 ERA in 753.1 innings pitched. Much like this year, Archer’s wins to loss ratio is upside down (8-18), but a lot of that can be contributed to pitching on a last place team in the ultra-competitive AL East.
The worrying factor instead is his 4.05 ERA. And although you have to take the bad with the good (his 221 K in 188.