Today was the first day of workouts for the Rays’ full squad and that included live batting practice where things got interesting between Chris Archer and perennial prospect Tim Beckham.
During the BP session, Beckham hit a home run off of Archer. As he tends to do, Archer reacted in his typical animated fashion, only this was batting practice and not the middle of August against the Red Sox.
So why was Archer so animated? Well, we need to take a step back for some background.
Beckham and Archer came up through system together and have known each other for a long time.