Jake Arrieta 2017 Salary Drive Sploogefest

[InternetApex]

Time for a sideswipe:

"I don't think this team improves by trading Scott Feldman." -- Jeff Samardzija

I must find this article.

This is absurd: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-07-02/sports/ct-spt-0703-cubs-moves-chicago-20130703_1_carlos-marmol-international-signing-bonus-slots-steve-clevenger

As much as I truly despise Snork, he seems to be saying some nice things about a teammate and friend in response to a question from a reporter post-trade. If anybody, even Theo, had said something like, "Jake Arrieta is going to be the best pitcher in the NL in two years, bitches, watch," we'd have us a something.

But still, fuck Snork. I'm glad he's dead.

[Canadouche]

When you look at his splits for the month, they're pretty hard to believe. 4-1, a 1.93 ERA, and he allowed only 28 hits and 11 walks in 42.2 innings of work.

Except those were his insanely good July splits, upon which he improved in August. He's allowed only 19 hits this month, and only 2 earned runs. This has to be the best baseball we will ever see from a pitcher. Phenomenal.

[Eli]

Two years ago, Arrieta was mostly pitching in AAA and was basically the poster child for mediocrity, putting up a 4.08 ERA and 1.35 WHIP in 15 starts. Now he wears mustache pajamas to his no-hitter press conferences. What a world we live in.

[Slaky]

Two years ago, Arrieta was mostly pitching in AAA and was basically the poster child for mediocrity, putting up a 4.08 ERA and 1.35 WHIP in 15 starts. Now he wears mustache pajamas to his no-hitter press conferences. What a world we live in.

I did enjoy Kershaw's quote before the game saying when the Dodgers faced him in Baltimore they said he had some of the nastiest stuff they'd seen and now that he's got it under control it's terrifying. Then, boom, no hitter.

[Chuck to Chuck]

When you look at his splits for the month, they're pretty hard to believe. 4-1, a 1.93 ERA, and he allowed only 28 hits and 11 walks in 42.2 innings of work.

Except those were his insanely good July splits, upon which he improved in August. He's allowed only 19 hits this month, and only 2 earned runs. This has to be the best baseball we will ever see from a pitcher. Phenomenal.

Hi.

[Quality Start Machine]

When you look at his splits for the month, they're pretty hard to believe. 4-1, a 1.93 ERA, and he allowed only 28 hits and 11 walks in 42.2 innings of work.

Except those were his insanely good July splits, upon which he improved in August. He's allowed only 19 hits this month, and only 2 earned runs. This has to be the best baseball we will ever see from a pitcher. Phenomenal.

Hi.

Orel Hershiser is a fucking cummunist.

[SKO]

Two years ago, Arrieta was mostly pitching in AAA and was basically the poster child for mediocrity, putting up a 4.08 ERA and 1.35 WHIP in 15 starts. Now he wears mustache pajamas to his no-hitter press conferences. What a world we live in.

That whole conversation they described between Jake and Theo when he first got to Chicago must have really twisted the knife for Orioles fans. He basically said the Orioles had tinkered with his delivery so much he couldn't tell up from down and all he wanted was for the Cubs to just let him go back to throwing the way that felt most natural to him, and good things have followed.

I'm sure the Cubs have done more than just get the hell out of his way, and there was a long hug and words exchanged between him and Chris Bosio that looked fairly emotional so I'm sure Jake gives a lot of credit to Chris for his success as well, but if Baltimore wasted all of that talent by trying to fix what wasn't broken, that's gotta hurt.

[Brownie]

Two years ago, Arrieta was mostly pitching in AAA and was basically the poster child for mediocrity, putting up a 4.08 ERA and 1.35 WHIP in 15 starts. Now he wears mustache pajamas to his no-hitter press conferences. What a world we live in.

That whole conversation they described between Jake and Theo when he first got to Chicago must have really twisted the knife for Orioles fans. He basically said the Orioles had tinkered with his delivery so much he couldn't tell up from down and all he wanted was for the Cubs to just let him go back to throwing the way that felt most natural to him, and good things have followed.

I'm sure the Cubs have done more than just get the hell out of his way, and there was a long hug and words exchanged between him and Chris Bosio that looked fairly emotional so I'm sure Jake gives a lot of credit to Chris for his success as well, but if Baltimore wasted all of that talent by trying to fix what wasn't broken, that's gotta hurt.

He was not exactly terrible in 2010 and up into June of 2011, pitching for a lousy team trying to rebuild. In 2011, they hired a pitching coach named Rick Adair, and he quit his post in August 2013 (one month into Scott Feldman's tenure with Baltimore). Arrieta has politely alluded to not caring for Adair's ptiching philosophy, whatever it is.

[SKO]

Two years ago, Arrieta was mostly pitching in AAA and was basically the poster child for mediocrity, putting up a 4.08 ERA and 1.35 WHIP in 15 starts. Now he wears mustache pajamas to his no-hitter press conferences. What a world we live in.

That whole conversation they described between Jake and Theo when he first got to Chicago must have really twisted the knife for Orioles fans. He basically said the Orioles had tinkered with his delivery so much he couldn't tell up from down and all he wanted was for the Cubs to just let him go back to throwing the way that felt most natural to him, and good things have followed.

I'm sure the Cubs have done more than just get the hell out of his way, and there was a long hug and words exchanged between him and Chris Bosio that looked fairly emotional so I'm sure Jake gives a lot of credit to Chris for his success as well, but if Baltimore wasted all of that talent by trying to fix what wasn't broken, that's gotta hurt.

He was not exactly terrible in 2010 and up into June of 2011, pitching for a lousy team trying to rebuild. In 2011, they hired a pitching coach named Rick Adair, and he quit his post in August 2013 (one month into Scott Feldman's tenure with Baltimore). Arrieta has politely alluded to not caring for Adair's ptiching philosophy, whatever it is.

I believe the Orioles at the time had also tried to discourage what they saw as overreliance on the cutter by many of their pitching prospects, and that nasty slider/cutter hybrid that Jake throws is what makes him truly elite.

[ChuckD]

Two years ago, Arrieta was mostly pitching in AAA and was basically the poster child for mediocrity, putting up a 4.08 ERA and 1.35 WHIP in 15 starts. Now he wears mustache pajamas to his no-hitter press conferences. What a world we live in.

That whole conversation they described between Jake and Theo when he first got to Chicago must have really twisted the knife for Orioles fans. He basically said the Orioles had tinkered with his delivery so much he couldn't tell up from down and all he wanted was for the Cubs to just let him go back to throwing the way that felt most natural to him, and good things have followed.

I'm sure the Cubs have done more than just get the hell out of his way, and there was a long hug and words exchanged between him and Chris Bosio that looked fairly emotional so I'm sure Jake gives a lot of credit to Chris for his success as well, but if Baltimore wasted all of that talent by trying to fix what wasn't broken, that's gotta hurt.

He was not exactly terrible in 2010 and up into June of 2011, pitching for a lousy team trying to rebuild. In 2011, they hired a pitching coach named Rick Adair, and he quit his post in August 2013 (one month into Scott Feldman's tenure with Baltimore). Arrieta has politely alluded to not caring for Adair's ptiching philosophy, whatever it is.

I believe the Orioles at the time had also tried to discourage what they saw as overreliance on the cutter by many of their pitching prospects, and that nasty slider/cutter hybrid that Jake throws is what makes him truly elite.

Slutter

[Canadouche]

When you look at his splits for the month, they're pretty hard to believe. 4-1, a 1.93 ERA, and he allowed only 28 hits and 11 walks in 42.2 innings of work.

Except those were his insanely good July splits, upon which he improved in August. He's allowed only 19 hits this month, and only 2 earned runs. This has to be the best baseball we will ever see from a pitcher. Phenomenal.

Hi.

Sorry -- to be clear, I meant to imply it's the best we'll see from a Cubs pitcher, specifically.

[CubFaninHydePark]

8IP, 4H, 0R. He's slipping.

[Oleg]

8IP, 4H, 0R. He's slipping.

This is your drop the mic moment. Grab that brass ring.

[CubFaninHydePark]

8IP, 4H, 0R. He's slipping.

This is your drop the mic moment. Grab that brass ring.

8IP, 6H, 1ER.  He's done lost it.  That line won't be enough to beat Cole or Liriano at PNC.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

That's probably the worst game Jake's pitched in over 2 months (lots of 2-0 counts in the first 4 IP, uncharacteristic of him) and yet he still ended up throwing 8 innings and allowed 1 run and managed to lower his ERA.

He has been positively Sutcliffian v.1984 since June.  His viability for the Cy Young is so less laughable than it was a month ago.  The.  Balls.