Jake Arrieta 2017 Salary Drive Sploogefest

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Jake Arrieta has gigantic steel balls.

It's a good thing they aren't matzo balls.

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Jake Arrieta has gigantic steel balls.

Jake Arrieta was born in a log cabin and is a strong proponent of the Gold Standard.

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Jake Arrieta has gigantic steel balls.

Jake Arrieta was born in a log cabin and is a strong proponent of the Gold Standard.

Jake Arrieta has at least 4 different fragrances of English Leather.

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Jake Arrieta has gigantic steel balls.

Jake Arrieta was born in a log cabin and is a strong proponent of the Gold Standard.

Jake Arrieta has at least 4 different fragrances of English Leather.

Jake Arrieta once shot a man for snoring too loud.

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Jake Arrieta has gigantic steel balls.

Jake Arrieta was born in a log cabin and is a strong proponent of the Gold Standard.

Jake Arrieta has at least 4 different fragrances of English Leather.

Jake Arrieta once shot a man for snoring too loud.

Did I ever tell you about the time Jake Arrieta took me out to go get a drink with him? We go off looking for a bar and we can't find one. Finally, Jake takes me into a vacant lot and says, 'Here we are.' Well, we sat there for a year and a half. Sure enough, someone constructed a bar around us. Well, the day they opened it, we ordered a shot, drank it, and then burnt the place to the ground. Jake yelled over the roar of the flames, 'Always leave things the way you found them!'

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Jake Arrieta has gigantic steel balls.

Jake Arrieta was born in a log cabin and is a strong proponent of the Gold Standard.

Beautiful.

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Jake Arrieta has gigantic steel balls.

Jake Arrieta was born in a log cabin and is a strong proponent of the Gold Standard.

Jake Arrieta has at least 4 different fragrances of English Leather.

Jake Arrieta once shot a man for snoring too loud.

Did I ever tell you about the time Jake Arrieta took me out to go get a drink with him? We go off looking for a bar and we can't find one. Finally, Jake takes me into a vacant lot and says, 'Here we are.' Well, we sat there for a year and a half. Sure enough, someone constructed a bar around us. Well, the day they opened it, we ordered a shot, drank it, and then burnt the place to the ground. Jake yelled over the roar of the flames, 'Always leave things the way you found them!'

Jake Arrieta once threw a no-hitter.  Against The Los Angeles Dodgers.

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59 pitches through 5 innings. Looks like he's determined to throw a complete game even on a limited pitch count.

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I know we all know about fWAR and bWAR and FIP and xFIP and BABIP and all that bollocks, and it's true that a great many BBWAA members these days also know about some, or even all (Bruce) of those things.  Nonetheless, there's a significant amount of old-fashioned meatballery still going on in the press and I think that actually works in Jake's favour.  On balance, I think he deserves the Cy Young now however you want to measure it, but 22 wins and four complete games are what will actually get him over the line.

Put it this way: as meaningless as wins are, if Greinke had 22 and Arrieta 18, I'd feel a lot less confident about Jake taking home the prize.

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33 GS,  229 IP, 22-6, 1.77 ERA, 236 K, 48 BB, 2.35 FIP, 2.62 xFIP, 7.3 fWAR, 4 CG,  3 SO, 1 no hitter.

Hot damn.

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33 GS,  229 IP, 22-6, 1.77 ERA, 236 K, 48 BB, 2.35 FIP, 2.62 xFIP, 7.3 fWAR, 4 CG,  3 SO, 1 no hitter.

Hot damn.

Jake is the balls. Compared to Greinke he has a better hit rate, better home run rate, better strikeout rate (Greinke didn't even average a strikeout per inning), more starts, more innings, more complete games, more shutouts. It won't be a robbery if Jake wins, which I really hope he does.

Also, Jake Arrieta: Not an All-Star. #neverforget

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33 GS,  229 IP, 22-6, 1.77 ERA, 236 K, 48 BB, 2.35 FIP, 2.62 xFIP, 7.3 fWAR, 4 CG,  3 SO, 1 no hitter.

Hot damn.

Jake is the balls. Compared to Greinke he has a better hit rate, better home run rate, better strikeout rate (Greinke didn't even average a strikeout per inning), more starts, more innings, more complete games, more shutouts. It won't be a robbery if Jake wins, which I really hope he does.

Also, Jake Arrieta: Not an All-Star. #neverforget

I remember thinking about it at the time and deciding I was glad he was left off the roster because I didn't want him pitching in an exhibition anyway. And when I looked at the starting pitchers they took, I couldn't really argue with any of their merit. But Jake has ascended so far above everybody else in the NL SINCE the All-Star break, that he's considered the frontrunner for the Cy Young by many. The fact that he went on his psychotic rampage of bloody murder AFTER the mid-summer break makes it even more impressive.

And I'm still glad he didn't throw a pitch in that game.

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33 GS,  229 IP, 22-6, 1.77 ERA, 236 K, 48 BB, 2.35 FIP, 2.62 xFIP, 7.3 fWAR, 4 CG,  3 SO, 1 no hitter.

Hot damn.

Jake is the balls. Compared to Greinke he has a better hit rate, better home run rate, better strikeout rate (Greinke didn't even average a strikeout per inning), more starts, more innings, more complete games, more shutouts. It won't be a robbery if Jake wins, which I really hope he does.

Also, Jake Arrieta: Not an All-Star. #neverforget

I remember thinking about it at the time and deciding I was glad he was left off the roster because I didn't want him pitching in an exhibition anyway. And when I looked at the starting pitchers they took, I couldn't really argue with any of their merit. But Jake has ascended so far above everybody else in the NL SINCE the All-Star break, that he's considered the frontrunner for the Cy Young by many. The fact that he went on his psychotic rampage of bloody murder AFTER the mid-summer break makes it even more impressive.

And I'm still glad he didn't throw a pitch in that game.

Pretty sure he can book his room for next year's now.

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Jake Arrieta has pendulous balls. https://twitter.com/JArrieta34/status/650799923017945088

[Tonker]

Jake Arrieta has pendulous balls. https://twitter.com/JArrieta34/status/650799923017945088

I have just spontaneously ejaculated sperm into my undergarments.