According to an article written by Ken Rosenthal for The Athletic, the San Diego Padres are making a ‘big push’ to land Chris Archer.
Later on in the same article, Rosenthal writes that even though the Padres are attempting to land Archer, it appears to be a long shot for a variety of reasons, noting:
Archer, a potential ace who is under club control at below-market salaries for this season and three more, is precisely the kind of pitcher the Padres figure to target and Rays figure to trade. The only question, in both cases, is when.