 In the two seasons since the trade, Gerrit Cole has accumulated 12.1 Wins Above Replacement, while the players the Pirates received have combined for 2.9 WAR During the season, the Pirates made a major trade with the Tampa Bay Rays, giving up Tyler Glasnow, Austin Meadows, and Shane Baz for veteran pitcher Chris Archer.At the time this was viewed as a relatively even trade, but since then the Pirates are widely seen as having lost the trade, including it being called a "fleecing".By one measure having given up 5 times as much value as the Rays, and the players the Pirates gave up have combined for 6.4 WAR compared to Archer's 0.7 WAR.