因为LukeMarley大一年没更新了，所以我打算接手翻完这系列的文章，第一次尝试翻译，
有问题请多指教。
这是2010s十大交易案第六集
6) The Pirates get bold
July 31, 2018: Rays trade P Chris Archer to Pirates for P Tyler Glasnow, OF Au
stin Meadows and P Shane Baz
What even?
Barely six months after trading Gerrit Cole to the Astros, where he'd famously
bloom into one of baseball's best pitchers, the Pirates, then 3 1/2 games out
of an NL Wild Card spot, finally got the Rays to ship out their longtime ace.
The 2018 Pirates were sitting eight games below .500 as late as July 7, but a
15-of-18 winning run convinced them that pushing in was the right idea, not o
nly for that year, but for the three additional years Archer was under contrac
t for.
This one was always difficult to evaluate at the time, because it was never ju
st about "Archer for prospects." It was about "a worse pitcher than Cole for a
higher price than they'd received from Houston," making it a net downgrade, a
nd it was also about not having made such a move two or three years earlier wh
en the World Series was in sight.
For five years, between 2013-17, Archer had been one of baseball's better star
ters, giving Tampa Bay 937 2/3 innings of 3.60 ERA ball. The 2018 Rays were ou
t of the race, but they'd notably gone out and traded for Tommy Pham on the sa
me day, perhaps tipping their hand that they'd seen something about Archer's p
itches they didn't like.
6.Chris Archer 抢劫案
海盗拿到：Chris Archer
光芒拿到：Austin Meadows、Shane Baz、Tyler Glasnow
(1)交易发生背景
在将Gerrit Cole交易至太空人队，而他随即成为MLB最好的先发投手之后，海盗在2018赛
季出乎意料的仅仅以3又1/2场胜差落后国联外卡第二名。虽然他们的胜率还不到五成，但
近18场15胜的优异成绩让海盗决定下手赌一把，换来还能控制三年的光芒队王牌投手。
由于Cole交易案的关系，这笔交易案的赚赔很难只靠双方的筹码评估，而是必须考量海盗
将较好的SP交易掉，又用较昂贵的代价取得较差的SP这样的操作。因此海盗在一开始交易
的评价就比较差一点。而阵容距离争冠还有不少距离就开始梭哈也有不小的疑虑
Chris Archer是光芒五年来的王牌投手，937局的投球中拥有防御率3.60，WAR17.3的优异
成绩。不过光芒在7/31时已经落后美联外卡席位高达9场胜差，显然已早早放弃竞争。因
此他们决定将Archer交易出去，以加速重建的过程。
Were the takes good or bad?
“It might not work out as well as they want, but you have to admire [the Pira
tes'] courage," wrote Jeff Sullivan. "Archer is a quality arm, but this is qui
te a return for the #Rays," tweeted MLB Network host Robert Flores. The Ringer
probably summed it up best with the headline of "By Trading for Chris Archer,
the Pirates Have Made the Gerrit Cole Deal Look Even Worse."
（2）当时交易评价：
普遍来说光芒队获得较高的评价。MLB Network作家Robert Flores写道“Archer是优异的
投手，不过光芒获得的回报是完全可以接受的”
Chris Archer在2018年的表现已经不若以往威猛，但仍然是不错的中段先发。海盗则是付
出了相当多的潜力。Tyler Glasnow曾经高居2017年百大新秀第九名，拥有相当快的速球
和轨迹恶心的曲球，被誉为有Ace的潜力；Austin Meadows在同年排名第十，他是一名Co
ntact能力不错，有可能成为能打出三成打击率外带二十轰的中外野手；Shane Baz则是20
17年第一轮第十二顺位刚选来的高大右投手，于18年排名67。
不过这几位主菜都有各自的问题，Glasnow在上大联盟之后控球爆炸，两年来数据都很惨
；Meadows只靠超高的babip威一个月，拿了POM之后就被打回原形，因此可以说海盗用两
个风险极高的新秀换来了风险同样不低的Chris Archer
最后，作者跟译者都最喜欢的评语就是The Ringer的“Chris Archer交易案让Cole交易案
看起来更糟糕了”XD
And then what happened?
The Pirates went 26-27 over the final two months, quickly fading out of the po
stseason race. Archer's 4.31 ERA in 10 starts was about the same as the 4.30 m
ark he'd posted in 17 starts for the Rays