BALTIMORE — Mark DeRosa got a little dramatic, as even ex-players do when they get on TV, comparing Chris Archer's status with the Rays to the long-imprisoned lead character in the classic Shawshank Redemption movie.
"Chris Archer is Andy Dufresne,'' DeRosa pleaded in the MLB Network bit, complete with a modified "photo" of Archer with a group of previously traded Rays in a scene from the film. "Can we let this guy out? All his yard mates have left, up and down the line. Look at it, Jake Odorizzi, Corey Dickerson, they've all escaped.''
Being with the Rays obviously hasn't been that bad for Archer, who worked six so-so innings in Friday's rain-delayed ugly 15-5 loss at Baltimore.