While there are multiple teams still involved in the chase for Chris Archer, the Atlanta Braves are the one club most well-positioned to complete this deal.
That is: if they want to do so.
In recent hours, rumblings I’m hearing include the following (all of this via MLB/XM Radio; so regrettably, no source links are available):
- Padres: Rays not terribly interested in their prospects (Jim Bowden)
- Yankees: Rays not impressed with the command that Justus Sheffield offers (Bowden)
- Brewers: were not willing to give up enough to get Brian Dozier (hence they’re Moustakas-led game of infield Twister), so how do they give up enough to get Archer?