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The Los Angeles Dodgers are bringing in yet another 30-something former star … but this one won’t be playing for them. Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reported Monday that the Dodgers have hired ex-All-Star pitcher Chris Archer to serve as …
If and when the 2020 MLB season eventually begins, the Pittsburgh Pirates are going to be without starting pitcher Chris Archer. The Pirates announced on Wednesday that Archer recently underwent a surgical procedure after he was diagnosed with …
Amir Garrett will be facing some serious discipline from the league after his role in starting a fight between his Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday. Garrett was on the mound with his Reds down 11-3 in the top of the ninth. …
Photos and video circulating on social media seem to show that Chris Archer was using pine tar despite his denials. Archer was part of a bench-clearing skirmish between his Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds on Sunday that seemed to be rooted in …
The first brawl of the Major League Baseball season took place on Sunday, and Yasiel Puig was very much involved. Things started after Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Chris Archer threw behind Cincinnati’s Derek Dietrich, who admired a home run he …
With the results of the latest round of Baseball Hall of Fame voting set to be released next week, the annual debate about whether or not performance-enhancing drug users should be allowed in Cooperstown is once again simmering. One starting pitcher …
Chris Archer was removed from his start prematurely on Monday due to leg discomfort, the Pirates said. Archer allowed one run on five hits in four innings of work for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Atlanta Braves. He left trailing by a run and …
Chris Archer on Wednesday won his first game as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, but that almost didn’t happen. Archer had been ill the previous few days, and as of Tuesday, the Pirates were unsure if he would be able to make his scheduled …
It was a very active MLB trade deadline on Tuesday, and movement wasn’t just high in quantity. There were some big trades made on the deadline day and in the days and weeks leading up to July 31. Nobody can say that the deadline was lacking in …
The unthinkable has finally occurred: The Tampa Bay Rays traded Chris Archer. After hanging on to Archer through multiple trade deadline periods in the past, the Rays decided to deal the 29-year-old pitcher on Tuesday. They are sending him to the …
Chris Archer is facing the possibility of being sent packing from the only MLB team he has ever known, and he’s acknowledging that it’s tough. Addressing the media after Sunday’s loss to the Baltimore Orioles, the Tampa Bay Rays …
The San Diego Padres may be making some headway in their efforts to acquire Chris Archer from the Tampa Bay Rays. According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, the Padres and Rays are still talking about an Archer trade, and there has been some progress. …
Could this be the year the Tampa Bay Rays finally trade Chris Archer? According to Jon Morosi of MLB.com, as many as eight teams have asked the Rays about Archer, and there is “strong interest” throughout the league. This may be enough to …
We’re a week away from the Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline, and talk is heating up around the league. Some trade chips appear more likely to move than others, but teams are constantly looking for upgrades, some more than others. …
Major League Baseball’s trade deadline may be over a month and a half away, but that doesn’t make it too early to start looking at names that could potentially wind up on the market or the teams that could be eager to sell them. With a …
The Tampa Bay Rays are expected to keep Kevin Kiermaier and Chris Archer despite recently removing familiar names from their roster. Over the weekend, the Rays made moves that cleared a couple of the team’s higher-paid players from the roster. …
