TRADE CHATTER SURROUNDING ARCHER

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I don't think the Yankees are really and truly even a consideration, but I always liked Chris Archer and would love to see him in the Bronx.  That being said, we have Britton... we have Happ, and maybe we don't need another starter. I kid, I kid... I think we do. I think having another will help us catch the Sox.  It's literally all we're missing.

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Ken Rosenthal is usually pretty close with his "baseball insider" stuff.  So I'm going with his tweet first, followed by a few others:

#Yankees, #Dodgers and #Padres among teams trying for #Rays’ Chris Archer, sources tell me and @JimBowdenGM.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 28, 2018

Told @Rays are taking lots of calls on Archer, but no one near threshold yet. #Padres interested, but without the urgency of a playoff position pushing them will they go the extra yard now or revisit in offseason?

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) July 28, 2018

The Yankees are now the favorite to land Chris Archer? pic.twitter.com/Ed7RD9gvSn

— Mike Nash (@MikeNash15) July 30, 2018

We will have to see... but the deadline's coming.

Gotta love the rumor season.