The trade deadline has come and gone like a whirlwind, and for us Rays fans, it’s time to catch our breath and say “What happened? What does this mean?” There was a lot of smoke around a Chris Archer trade, but the specific one, to the Pirates, wasn’t what most of us expected. And while there had been rumors last offseason that the Rays were interested in Tommy Pham, the trade-deadline timing caught everyone off guard.
So what can we learn from the busy day?