Arrieta: Consider yourself lucky he lets you cheer for him

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MLB Leaders - 60 IP Min

Player      ERA      Player      FIP       Player     xFIP
Cueto       1.86     Kershaw     1.60      Kershaw    1.53
Arrieta     2.05     Felix       1.94      Felix      2.35
Wainwright  2.08     Arrieta     2.09      Tanaka     2.39
Kazmir      2.08     Wainwright  2.40      Strasburg  2.43
Tanaka      2.11     Strasburg   2.43      Arrieta    2.56

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MLB Leaders - 60 IP Min

Player      ERA      Player      FIP       Player     xFIP
Cueto       1.86     Kershaw     1.60      Kershaw    1.53
Arrieta     2.05     Felix       1.94      Felix      2.35
Wainwright  2.08     Arrieta     2.09      Tanaka     2.39
Kazmir      2.08     Wainwright  2.40      Strasburg  2.43
Tanaka      2.11     Strasburg   2.43      Arrieta    2.56

What are you trying to say?

[ChiCubsFan]

Thank you Scott Feldman.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

WTF can our management team put together moves like this or Marshall for Wood and still lose 90+ games every year?

[Guest]

WTF can our management team put together moves like this or Marshall for Wood and still lose 90+ games every year?

 

Baker

Whiteside

Coghlan

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Olt

Schierholtz

Sweeney

[Guest]

@gabekapler: I did not kidnap Jake Arrieta and this is not a ransom note, @cubs. http://t.co/8GIvXoW9Tv

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

wtf

[Guest]

wtf

He's saying JakeBgood.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

wtf

He's saying JakeBgood.

Yeah, I get that part. What I don't get is why he wrote it down on paper.

[MWV]

Character limit?

[Guest]

Character limit?

 

Yep. He does that a lot. Here's one on Kershaw:

 

[North]

I made a post on June 3rd about Arrieta and what we can expect from him. Well, things have changed! Arrieta since then has been lights out, changing his attack completely. Literally the day I made that post, he completely changed everything.

 

Jake Arrieta's slider usage by percentage:

http://s29.postimg.org/fch1lo91z/Scr...1_07_13_AM.png

 

The amount of swings and misses he got on his pitches. Notice, too, that he gets more OVERALL swings and misses once he starts his increase in slider usage:

http://s9.postimg.org/99ejnzgxr/Scre...1_09_36_AM.png

 

Arrieta is not walking as many people this year because he has more control on the baby slider:

http://s13.postimg.org/ra92btrjb/Scr...1_12_08_AM.png

 

Arrieta didn't control or use his slider as much last year:

http://s30.postimg.org/bse3yrc4h/Scr...1_15_12_AM.png

 

And in 2014:

http://s27.postimg.org/iu2ea2wur/Scr...1_16_19_AM.png

 

But, what the hell, Arrieta threw the baby slider before. He didn't have as much success with it. What gives? Release point. The release point is lower. It could be why he's controlling it better.

http://s27.postimg.org/g1idhjb9v/Scr...1_18_33_AM.png

 

I love when pitchers come out of no where and suddenly start pitching at a level that previous data never predicted. Corey Kluber is an example. So is Jesse Chavez. Cliff Lee. You get the idea. A few tweaks, some good coaching, and a better approach can make a huge difference. Arrieta's changed the projections for himself. He's getting above whiffs on three pitches right now. He's getting favorable hit types on four pitches. He's locating the pitch he throws the most better. It'd be cool if the Cubs can finally own one of these players that get it together for once.

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Sahadev Sharma ‏@sahadevsharma 3m

And from earlier this week, went in depth w/ Arrieta on what he's done to finally start living up to his potential: http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/25082/arrietas-progress-paying-off-for-cubs …

 

Sahadev Sharma @sahadevsharma · 5m

Arrieta delivers another gem, would like to continue to team with Hammel & Shark, but know reality of situation: http://es.pn/1iE39C7

[Guest]

that whatever you call it looks a lot like Kerry Woods's slurve from 1998.

[sneakypower]

2.82 ERA / 1.11 WHIP in 19 Cubs starts*

 

 

*buoyed by 6.8 H/9, a far cry from his 9.3 H/9 in the AL EAST

[sneakypower]

for the last month, he's in pretty good company

 

http://i57.tinypic.com/2yy4k1k.jpg

[Guest]

SSR with the midas touch of hate is almost as good as Kyle's doom touch.

[TheDude]

I love when pitchers come out of no where and suddenly start pitching at a level that previous data never predicted. Corey Kluber is an example. So is Jesse Chavez. Cliff Lee. You get the idea. A few tweaks, some good coaching, and a better approach can make a huge difference. Arrieta's changed the projections for himself. He's getting above whiffs on three pitches right now. He's getting favorable hit types on four pitches. He's locating the pitch he throws the most better. It'd be cool if the Cubs can finally own one of these players that get it together for once.

 

Isn't that the textbook gamble on guys like Arrieta (top rated stuff lacking control)? Not many work out but when it does it usually leads to above average results.

[SouthSideRyan]

SSR with the midas touch of hate is almost as good as Kyle's doom touch.

 

Casey Mcgehee is gonna cure cancer

[Guest]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/96304ccd2c3b8bb9d22d55f650499f5f/tumblr_msp1fjIFNp1sbavuuo1_500.gif

[Lefty]

I love when pitchers come out of no where and suddenly start pitching at a level that previous data never predicted. Corey Kluber is an example. So is Jesse Chavez. Cliff Lee. You get the idea. A few tweaks, some good coaching, and a better approach can make a huge difference. Arrieta's changed the projections for himself. He's getting above whiffs on three pitches right now. He's getting favorable hit types on four pitches. He's locating the pitch he throws the most better. It'd be cool if the Cubs can finally own one of these players that get it together for once.

 

Did Arietta use the baby-step, almost stretch-like windup last year? I remember watching him and thinking he had no command and was always laboring. The last couple of times I watched him it seemed totally different. I notice he kind of takes his hand out of his glove early and then kind of punches it back in. That might be a timing thing. But has he modified his lower body movement?

[RynoRules]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/96304ccd2c3b8bb9d22d55f650499f5f/tumblr_msp1fjIFNp1sbavuuo1_500.gif

 

Pic from tonight's game.

 

Seriously, I'm a believer.

 

http://static.gigwise.com/gallery/9174574_3.gif

[Cubswin11]

God I hope we can somehow get Bundy in a Shark trade, I want Bosio working with him and that cutter

[DiamondMind]

Thank you Scott Feldman.

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/VrTVXlj.jpg

[davell]

God I hope we can somehow get Bundy in a Shark trade, I want Bosio working with him and that cutter

 

I think the chances the Orioles trade with us again right now are damn near zero.