Sometimes, when you know you need to talk about terrible, horrible, no good, very bad things, it’s best to lay the matter out simply.
And so I will do so here.
On July 31, 2018, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded pitcher Tyler Glasnow, outfielder Austin Meadows, and eventually pitcher Shane Baz to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for pitcher Chris Archer.
In the time since then, Glasnow and Meadows have been shining stars for the Rays, and Baz shows signs of being one, having made his MLB debut this year. Archer ... has not been. Alternately—and sometimes simultaneously—he was injured or ineffective.