Talk Arrieta here

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get a large conference room. membership is on the rise.

[WrigleyField 22]

did you guys see this exchange

 

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Some reporter tried to get him to give the 'I thought I'd be out of baseball' answer last night and asked him how he thought he was feeling about 3 years ago around now, but he said he thought he would be pitching like this and I guess he wasn't lying.

That's incredible.

[jersey cubs fan]

Jake Arrieta is like the 1 out of every 10,000 crossfit/glutenfree/paleo psychopaths who has a good reason to feel confident about what he's doing.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Jake Arrieta: King of Weak Contact

 

This was the biggest reason(outside of homerism) I didn't have a problem with Arrieta winning the Cy Young last year. He's underrated by FIP-based measures because he induces more weak contact than anyone.

[mul21]

Some pretty astounding numbers in here from Stark. http://espn.go.com/blog/jayson-stark/post/_/id/1585/jake-arrietas-numbers-are-out-of-this-world

[sneakypower]

it's agreed that 2000 Pedro was the best pitching season in history; he had a ERA- of 35, that year

 

in his last 24 starts, Arrieta's ERA- is 22.

 

that's what 20-1, 0.86 ERA, 0.70 WHIP, .150/.199/.214 opponent line gets you, apparently

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it's agreed that 2000 Pedro was the best pitching season in history; he had a ERA- of 35, that year

 

in his last 24 starts, Arrieta's ERA- is 22.

 

that's what 20-1, 0.86 ERA, 0.70 WHIP, .150/.199/.214 opponent line gets you, apparently

 

that .413 ops is pretty

[David]

apparently, according to jake on the score today, good players on other teams have asked cubs players if arrieta is using PEDs.

[jersey cubs fan]

apparently, according to jake on the score today, good players on other teams have asked cubs players if arrieta is using PEDs.

pilates and kale juice are essentially the same thing as andro

[Banedon]

apparently, according to jake on the score today, good players on other teams have asked cubs players if arrieta is using PEDs.

 

Ha! I heard part of that discussion, but thought it was in reference to a caller from earlier that had asked about that. PED's might be the case if he was up there throwing 100mph or something, but that's not how Jake does it.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

As a general rule, I can believe that any elite athlete is doing PEDs. It's never a completely out-there possibility.

[Omar]

per MLB Network http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/73955164/v612466583/mlb-central-uses-statcast-for-ross-celebration

 

http://i.imgur.com/DiGGLxC.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/NUzszCC.png

 

http://i.imgur.com/J0nqn9G.png

[Cubswin11]

If PEDs give us a pitcher like Arrieta the question should be why everyone isn't taking what he's taking to give us a better product, not lets ban him/the substance(s).

 

 

 

*Note I don't think he's taking any banned PEDS

[Aaron_Kennelly]

did you guys see this exchange

 

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Good lord, I love his self-confidence.

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http://teamstre.am/21RktUE

 

SI article, "oldie" but goodie, long but solid. We are lucky he lets us cheer for him...

[jersey cubs fan]

apparently, according to jake on the score today, good players on other teams have asked cubs players if arrieta is using PEDs.

 

Ha! I heard part of that discussion, but thought it was in reference to a caller from earlier that had asked about that. PED's might be the case if he was up there throwing 100mph or something, but that's not how Jake does it.

That's not how the force works

[Fro]

http://teamstre.am/21RktUE

 

SI article, "oldie" but goodie, long but solid. We are lucky he lets us cheer for him...

 

I think the Pilates stuff is a big part of the secret sauce.

 

Dude's body control is insane.

 

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If I do Pilates once or twice, will I transform from beer belly guy to a bearded Adonis?

[Bull]

did you guys see this exchange

 

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Some reporter tried to get him to give the 'I thought I'd be out of baseball' answer last night and asked him how he thought he was feeling about 3 years ago around now, but he said he thought he would be pitching like this and I guess he wasn't lying.

That's incredible.

I think the point is that is, in fact, credible.

[Bull]

If PEDs give us a pitcher like Arrieta the question should be why everyone isn't taking what he's taking to give us a better product, not lets ban him/the substance(s).

 

 

 

*Note I don't think he's taking any banned PEDS

PEKs

 

 

Performance Enhancing Kales

[Cubfanintheknow]

Another award Jake will barely acknowledge the existence of: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-cubs-jake-arrieta-wins-player-of-week-20160425-story.html

[squally1313]

Pretty sure this is new. Arrieta on the steroid accusations, contract future.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/bob-nightengale/2016/04/26/mlb-jake-arrieta-contract-steroids-cubs/83551730/

 

Nothing really new here, and nothing too outrageous. If anything, just another affirmation of how sky high his confidence is right now.

[Banedon]

Pretty sure this is new.

 

Nothing really new here

 

http://gfycat.com/PerfectPettyFulmar

[Vinestal]

So are we going to wind up giving him a 6-7 year deal? If not are we just going to let him walk? Giving a 6-7 year deal to a 31/32 year old kinda makes me cringe. Even if it is Arrieta.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

So are we going to wind up giving him a 6-7 year deal? If not are we just going to let him walk? Giving a 6-7 year deal to a 31/32 year old kinda makes me cringe. Even if it is Arrieta.

 

We thank him for his time, feel grateful that we got the best seasons of his career at an extremely discounted rate, and let him go on his way. And hopefully we'll have won a World Series together, as well.