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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The Archer trade was just bad execution of the sort of commitment you would want to see from a team like the Pirates.
The problem wasn't what they did, it was who they did it for.
All anyone needed to do to understand how bad that trade was for them was watch Archer pitch. Don't look at his overall stats, don't fall in love with the peripherals. That works for some guys but for some it just does not.
When you see Archer quit on an AB and give up a missle with a 3 run lead because he didn't want to hurt his sparkly K-BB rate and he'd fallen behind by nibbling instead of attacking the hitter (because again, trying to get that K) you realize real quickly that he's one of the very few 'losing' pitchers in this game.
I don't toss that term around lightly; most guys are more unlucky or just bad than they are someone who self-sabotages. Archer, OTOH, is a loser - pure and simple. Put him on the Astros and he'd go 12-8.
Y'all fell in love with the numbers but the scouts clearly didn't just watch the guy that much.
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Great points and I never dug that deep. They traded for a guy they thought could win at that moment and gave up TWO excellent prospects in Meadows and Glasnow who've been kicking ass.
Our prior pitching coach was great but this new guy sucks cock. He doesn't know how to get the most from pitchers.