The Dodgers have hired Chris Archer as a special assistant in their baseball operations department, as the righty himself tells Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It doesn’t seem as though he has a clearly defined role as of yet, telling Mackey that he’s sampling a few different things.
Archer, now 35, has pitched in 243 major league games, logging 1,357 innings with an earned run average of 3.93. Most of those games were with the Rays, though he has also pitched for the Pirates and Twins. His most recent stint was with Minnesota in 2022, with that club declining a mutual option for 2023, then Archer didn’t end up signing with anyone for the 2023 season.
There hasn’t been anything to indicate he has officially retired but it appears he is at least pursuing non-playing opportunities for the time being. It’s unknown if he has a target area that he will be focusing on with the Dodgers, but he has almost two decades of experience with the league to draw upon, having been drafted back in 2006. He has dabbled in non-playing roles before, having occasionally jumped on some broadcasts as a commentator/analyst at times. That’s something he could perhaps try again in the future but he seems to be getting a feel for front office work for the time being.
Waiting for the obligatory Pirates trade comment.
Hoo boy
Oughta get a boatload of ignorant comments here
Get that mute button ready
“Hoo boy”..Said the one leading off with ignorant comments.
“‘Hoo boy’ ..Said the one leading off with ignorant comments.”
Said the one following up with ignorant comments
Mlbfan
Muted
Are you like 13 bro?..You sure act like it. If you have to mute everyone maybe you should go troll in the children’s section.
Oh no. It appears filihok muted me by mistake 🙁
There’s no reason for me to live anymore. I’ve been “muted” by a 13 year old boy named “Filihok”.
Archer is a smart guy off the field, I think he could do well in a front office.
I guess you have a job for life if you’re drafted by Friedman.
Ahh, he was drafted by the Indians.
Drafted/Traded same thing.
Yikes – doubling down on being wrong
No. He was drafted by the Indians. I promise you that no MLB document ever sent to him or signed by him said “Guardians”.
Baseball reference says Indians. Sorry.
Says Indians on baseball reference.
I remember when people thought he was an ace because he got a lot of strikeouts lol.
Deal also comes with optional minor league assignment.
They hire Chris Archer and Nelson Cruz and they have no specific duties… must be nice.
You assume that because nothing specific is detailed above that they have no specific duties. A huge leap on your part. In that he has been hired I’m certain that is responsibilities are known to Archer and Friedman.
It would seem that he has decided that.
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its their new secret AAAA roster
Future GM.
Welp, that was fast. Remember when he was the next Rays phenom and now done. Crazy how time flies
Between him and Mark Prior, they are cornering the market of could have beens
Whoever had Archer to the dodgers in the fre agent tracker wins! Lol
Sneaky way for the Dodgers to hire more pitching without having it impact their budget.
I didn’t even know this guy retired
Cruz, now Archer? Cornering the market on recently retired Twins?
Recently retired Rays?
Because LA is such a difficult place to figure that out