Finishing third in American League Rookie of the Year voting in 2013, Archer would become an All-Star in 2015, leading the AL in Games Started (34). That year, he recorded 252 Strikeouts, a career-high, and followed that with years of 233 and 249 Ks. In those seasons, he finished second, second, and third respectively in that statistic. Archer was an All-Star again in 2017. He would be dealt to the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 2018 season, though returned for six Games for Tampa in 2021
He may have had a losing record for Tampa (55-69), but he did fan 1,167 batters and was coveted among all of the teams in the Majors in his peak.
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