Piratas adds Archer to his rotation after trading with Rays | Baseball

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The Pittsburgh Pirates pretend to go for a playoff spot.

The Pirates significantly improve the front of their rotation by acquiring the right on Tuesday Chris Archer in exchange for coveted prospects, the fielder Austin Meadows and the pitcher Tyler Glasnow and a player to name, in a trade with the Tampa Rays Bay .

Archer, twice named All-Star, is 3-5 with 4.31 earned runs in 17 starts this season with the Rays . The 29-year-old launcher gives the Pirates experience in a rotation in which three of their starters – Jameson Taillon, Trevor Williams and Joe Musgrove – are 26 years old or younger.

This is the second major trade for Pirates. before the deadline. Earlier Tuesday, Pittsburgh acquired Keone Kela by the Texas Rangers, in exchange for left wing Taylor Hearn and a baseball player. The changes came after Pittsburgh set up a 15-4 run that drew them to three and a half games in a wildcard against a two-game series with the Chicago Cubs, the leaders of the National League Central.

Pittsburgh, who was the only team not to have signed free agents before the start of the season, despite the elimination of two stars such as Gerrit Cole and Andrew McCutchen assumes the remainder Archer's $ 6.25 million salary rose to $ 2,049,731

Archer receives a bonus of $ 500,000 for his work. ;exchange. His contract includes a salary of $ 7.5 million for 2019, a team option for $ 9 million for 2020 with a cancellation of $ 1.75 million, and another team option for $ 11 million for 2021 with the termination of $ 250,000.

The Pirates, who had been reluctant to give in to their young hopes in previous years, dropped two of their most coveted young men in Meados and Glasnow.

Meadows, a first-round pick in 2013, hit. with five circuits and 13 points produced with the Pirates after his debut on May 17th. Glasnow dominated as a minor league starter, but struggled in that position in his first season at Pittsburgh, registering a 2-7 record with 7.69 earned runs in 15 games -13 starts-in 2017. [19659003] Pittsburgh transferred Glasnow to Coach this campaign with better results, having a 1-2 record with 4.34 ERA in 34 appearances.