We are closing in on the trade deadline which means we are in the middle of baseball’s silly season.
With the Rays out of the race and loaded with starting pitchers, seemingly every playoff contender is interested in trading for one of the Rays’ young arms, and one name that keeps popping up is Chris Archer.
Buster Olney was on ESPN Radio Thursday morning discussing trade possibilities when Archer came up. Olney specifically noted that the Texas Rangers would love to trade for Archer.
According to Olney, the Rays are not telling teams that Archer is unavailable, but he noted there is a big catch: if teams want Archer, they better be prepared to pay for 2015 Chris Archer, not 2016 Chris Archer.