After years of rumors and speculation, the Rays finally pulled the trigger on a Chris Archer trade. In return the Rays acquired outfielder Austin Meadows, right handed pitcher Tyler Glasnow, and a player to be named later.
The headliner of the deal is Austin Meadows, but the second piece of the deal was right-handed pitcher Tyler Glasnow, who might overcome some initial disappointing major league results to give the Rays a top-flight pitcher for the starting rotation.
Glasnow entered the league with much fanfare, and it wasn’t hard to see why — it’s not everyday that you come across a 6’8” pitcher with a fastball that touches 100 and a hammer for a curveball — but Glasnow struggled with his control, and everything spiraled downhill in 2017 as his ERA touched 7.