CLEVELAND – Austin Meadows always knew professional baseball was a business. He truly began to understand that last July 31.
That is the day the Pirates traded Meadows, Tyler Glasnow and pitching prospect Shane Baz to the Rays for Chris Archer.
The Pirates selected Meadows ninth overall in the 2013 amateur draft following his senior year of high school in Loganville, Ga., and he was consistently ranked as one of their very best prospects. He also shined when he made his major-league debut with the Pirates last season.