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Choose your numbers carefully when evaluating what Chris Archer has become this season for the Tampa Bay Rays and what he could become in the future.

The bloated ERA (4.42) tells you he hasn't been nearly as good as he was the previous three seasons. He's also giving up more hits than he ever has (8.6 per nine innings), more home runs than he ever has (1.5 per nine innings) and the most walks since he was a rookie (3.5 per nine innings).

The clock ticking down to Major League Baseball's August 1 trade deadline doesn't have much time left on it. Meanwhile, plenty of teams still have holes to fill.

That makes it easy to predict that the next few days are going to be interesting. But for the sake of being thorough, let's go more in depth.

Ahead is one last list of predictions for the MLB trade deadline. It's not an especially long one, but it will cover the big bases: which players will and won't move and which teams will and won't be active. 

Cole Hamels never really came close to winning a Cy Young Award when he was in the National League. He placed in the voting four times, but never higher than fifth. The competition was just too good.

So, maybe being in the American League and part of a race with too much competition is just the ticket he needs.

The San Francisco Giants announced Thursday they acquired infielder Eduardo Nunez from the Minnesota Twins in return for minor league pitcher Adalberto Mejia.

San Diego Padres outfielder Jon Jay is healing from a broken forearm he suffered after being hit by a pitch on June 19 against the Washington Nationals. But while he recovers, his name is floating around in trade talks. 

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Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Taijuan Walker hasn't appeared in a game since suffering a foot injury, but that doesn't mean he's exempt from trade talks.  

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Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Boone Logan is enjoying one of the best seasons of his career, but he could be on his way out of town before Major League Baseball's Aug. 1 non-waiver trade deadline. 

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Rockies Shopping Logan

Thursday, July 28

On Thursday, MLB Network's Jon Morosi reported the Toronto Blue Jays "have discussed" a possible deal with the Rockies for Logan.

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Luke Hochevar is headed to the 15-day disabled list after showing signs of thoracic outlet syndrome, according to Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star on Thursday.

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One day after losing his streak of 52 consecutive successful save opportunities, New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia shockingly blew another save in Thursday's 2-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies, per ESPN Stats & Info.

The San Diego Padres tied a franchise record during Wednesday's 8-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, hitting at least one home run as a team in a 25th consecutive game, per ESPN Stats & Info.