Nine months after an eye-opening move by Neal Huntington brought Chris Archer to the Pittsburgh Pirates and sent Tyler Glasnow, Austin Meadows and Shane Baz to Tampa, Archer has been mediocre for the Pirates. On the other side, Glasnow has been baseball’s best pitcher in 2019, while Meadows has an OPS above 1.000 in the young season. Both have been key reasons why the Rays currently occupy first place in the AL East.
While only four months of baseball have been played since the trade deadline, it’s hard to see a scenario where the Pirates got the better end of this deal.