Ken Rosenthal had a segment Wednesday on the MLB Network in which he discussed a number of players that would be good “candidates for restructured contracts.”
After going through a few of the obvious players, Rosenthal turned to Chris Archer.
This certainly piqued my interest. After all, Archer is already signed to a team-friendly contract that would pay Archer $45.5 million over eight years if all options are exercised. That deal would not expire until after the 2021 season when Archer would be 32 years old.
While the Rays did give Evan Longoria a new long-term contract in the middle of his original long-term deal, this seems much less likely with Archer.