With the Phillies’ acquisition of Clay Bucholz, one more pitcher has been traded while the Rays continue to sit on their store of starters. Among them is lefty Drew Smyly who joined the team in the 2014 trade that sent Ace David Price to the Tigers.
Smyly’s tenure in Tampa has been a roller coaster thus far. In his first 19 starts, he was nothing short of dominant, sporting a 2.52 ERA and a 9.52 K/9. A partially torn labrum forced him to miss most of 2015. He came back in 2016 to a career worst 4.88 ERA (4.