Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports2018 Rating: 9.24
2019 Rating: 5.53
2018 Performance: 76 G, 71.2 IP, 4-5, 3.64 ERA, 3.71 FIP, 119 ERA+, 9.4 K/9, 2.5 BB/9, 0.5/0.6 bWAR/fWAR
2018 Salary: Pre-Arb $581,900
2019 Status: Arb 2, EST $2,000,000
I don’t think you could’ve found a more popular athlete in the valley coming into the season. Archie just mashed a playoff triple and completed a dominant 2017 season, which saw the team make the playoff for the first time in a while. Of course with all that success came the fame (As much fame you could get from appearing in television and radio ads). Big things were expected, as they probably should’ve been with the season he just had. And to start, Archie did…
