Jake Arrieta

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Amateur career

Arrieta was born in Farmington, Missouri, to Lou and Lynda Arrieta. They arrived in Texas four months after Arrieta was born, and he grew up in Plano, Texas, where he attended Plano East Senior High School. As a youth, he was 6-1 with a 1.61 ERA as a junior, and 5-4 with a 1.30 ERA as a senior. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 2004 draft, but instead he decided to attend college.

Arrieta began attending Weatherford Junior College in 2005, winning a 6–2 victory-loss record with a 3.43 ERA. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 26th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft after his freshman year.

Rather, he opted to attend Texas Christian University (TCU), where he played for the TCU Horned Frogs baseball team for his sophomore and junior seasons and studied sport psychology. Arrieta played in summer collegiate baseball with the McKinney Marshalls of the Texas Collegiate League, a record in ten starts in 2005 with a 1.87 ERA over 62+223 innings pitched. He had 111 strikeouts in 111 innings during his sophomore year in 2006 and had a 2.35 ERA over 19 appearances. After his sophomore year, he earned the Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year Award and was named a Second-Team College Baseball All-American.

He was 9–3 in 2007, his junior year, with a 3.01 ERA. In 2007, he was named First-Team All-Mountain West.

Arrieta was first introduced to the United States national baseball team in 2006 and helped the team win the World University Baseball Championship in Cuba. He was 4–0 with 34 strikeouts and a 0.27 ERA, leaving only one earned run in 35 innings pitched over six starts for the team. In Team USA's 9-1 win over the China national baseball team, Arrieta pitched six wickets and struck out seven runs in his first appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Professional career

Arrieta was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the fifth round, 159th overall, of the 2007 MLB Draft, and he spent the team on a $1.1 million signing bonus, nearly ten times more than the recommended reward for a fifth-round pick. Since he signed with the team late, he was not eligible to play for a regular-season Minor League Baseball (MiLB) team and made his professional debut in the Arizona Fall League (AFL), where he was named a Preseason All-Star. He made an impression by pitching 16 scoreless innings for the Phoenix Desert Dogs, ensuring his walks per innings pitched (WHIP) less than 1.00 for the AFL championship-winning team.

He began the 2008 season with the Class A Frederick Keys of the Carolina League. Blaine Beatty, a minor league pitching coach, remembered Arrieta's strong pitching repertoire but was having trouble with the psychological aspects of the game, particularly with keeping his composure under duress. He got off to a 20-year career with the Keys, going 6–5 in the process. In addition, Arrieta appeared in the All-Star Futures Game as the Keys' opening day starter, earned both Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star awards, and pitched in the All-Star Futures Game. At the Futures Game, he pitched a scoreless inning, with just one batter hitting and striking out one. Arrieta was also the youngest minor league baseball player below Double-A to be selected to the United States national baseball team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. In a 9–1 group stage victory over China, he appeared in one game for the USA team, pitching six scoreless innings. In the Olympic tournament, Arrieta and the remainder of Team USA finished third. Despite missing the last six weeks of the season due to the Olympics, Arrieta led the Carolina League with a 2.87 ERA, his 120 strikeouts were fourth in the league. He was named the Carolina League Pitcher of the Year when he returned from Beijing.

Arrieta was given his first Oriole spring training invite in 2009, but he wasn't expected to make his major league debut that season. During spring training, he maintained a personal blog that mocked the Orioles' training facilities, as well as the physical capabilities of several teammates. One Oriole discovered this blog and printed out excerpts from his performances around the clubhouse; this discovery caused friction between Arrieta and the rest of the team. He began with the Bowie Baysox in 2011 and a 2.59 ERA in 11 starts before being promoted to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides on June 12. Despite losing his 2–0 team debut against the Indianapolis Indians, Arrieta pitched six solid innings for Norfolk, yielding only two hits and one solo home run. He made 17 starts for Norfolk this season, totaling 5–8 wins and a 3.93 ERA while knocking out 78 batters in 91+2/3 innings.

Arrieta was given another spring training invite in 2010, but he was released to the Tides on March 25, as Baltimore already had a complete starting rotation and the club was not keen on him starting as a long reliever. Baltimore's starting rotation, on the other hand, had to start calling up minor league pitchers by the end of May. Arrieta was one of the top candidates to replace David Hernandez on May 25, but Chris Tillman was promoted in his place as Tillman was already on the 40-man roster, which made a promotion much simpler. Arrieta got his chance shortly after, resurrecting a struggling Brad Bergesen for a June 10 game against A. J. Burnett and the New York Yankees. In Baltimore's 4–3 victory, Arrieta batted for six innings in his debut, allowing three earned runs while striking out six runs to win by six runs. The Baltimore rotation showed immediate improvement after Buck Showalter took over as the Orioles' manager on August 3: after going 14–45 with a combined 5.50 ERA before Showalter, the Baltimore rotation soared to 15–11 with a 3.23 ERA in the month after his hire. The Orioles decided against Arrieta for the remainder of the season on September 18, mainly because of a bone spur in his pitching elbow, which had resulted in triceps tightness in his last game and because he had pitched a career-high 173+1 13 innings between Norfolk and Baltimore. Arrieta finished his rookie season 6–6 with a 4.66 ERA in 12 minor-league games, defeating 52 batters in 100+13 innings. After receiving his second medical opinion, he decided against an offseason surgery to remove the spur.

Arrieta made his season debut with the Orioles' home opener at Camden Yards on April 4, winning his spot in the Orioles' 2011 starting rotation. In six innings of the Orioles' 5–1 victory over the Detroit Tigers, he allowed one earned run on six hits while striking out three out three runs. He started the season as one of Baltimore's top starters, leading the team with nine victories in 18 starts, but there was some worry about his health and command: his ERA was 4.90, he rarely lasted beyond six innings, and he frequently walked batters. In addition, the bone spur in his elbow had started bothering him by early July. He walked at least one batter per game until July 20, when he threw a career-high 111 pitches against the Boston Red Sox in seven innings. The fibrous mass in his elbow began to worry his command, to the point where he walked a career-high six batters in a game against the New York Yankees. On August 12, Arrieta underwent season-ending surgery to remove the mass, and he finished his sophomore season with a 10–8 record and a 5.05 ERA in 22 starts.

Arrieta was selected to pitch the first game of Baltimore's 2013 season when Jeremy Guthrie, the Orioles' Opening Day starting pitcher for the last three seasons, was traded to the Colorado Rockies. He earned the victory in the Orioles' 5–2 victory over the Minnesota Twins, allowing only two hits and striking out four batters in seven innings. Arrieta's season was much less fruitful, going 3-9 with a 6.13 ERA in 18 starts. In June, he briefly spent time in the bullpen, but after allowing six runs in 3+2/3 innings of a 9–7 loss to the Los Angeles Angels, Arrieta was demoted to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides on July 6, he was demoted to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides on July 6, who was demoted to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides on July 6, which was the most recent defeat to the Los Angeles Angels. "I think our guys know that they're in the American League for about 6 years, but that doesn't cut it," manager Buck Showalter told reporters. Arrieta hired a sports psychologist to help with the mental aspect of his pitching after a slow start in which five earned runs were allowed in 3+2/3 innings against the Gwinnett Stripers. In his first six starts for Norfolk, he had a 5.75 ERA and a 1.82 ERA in his last four years, proving that his efforts were fruitful: Arrieta had a 5.75 ERA in his first six starts and a 1.82 ERA in his first six starts. Arrieta went 5–4 with a 4.02 ERA in ten starts for Norfolk, including one complete game. He was promoted back to Baltimore on September 7 and completed six more major-league appearances to end the season, none of which came in relief. Arrieta was 3–9 for a 6.20 ERA in 24 appearances for Baltimore, 18 of which were started, and he knocked out 109 batters in 114+2&3 innings. He registered for the 2012 American League Division Series but did not make it to the active roster and did not appear in a game. The Orioles lost the series to the New York Yankees and were banned from the playoffs.

Arrieta defeated both Brian Matusz and Steve Johnson in spring training to regained a spot in the Orioles' 2013 Opening Day starting rotation. He had trouble with pitch control in his first four starts of the season, when he went 1–1 with a 6.63 ERA, as well as 16 walks in 19 innings. The Orioles promoted right-handed reliever Alex Burnett in his place as a Demon on April 22 and promoted Arrieta to Triple-A and promoted right-handed reliever Alex Burnett in his place. He spent the remainder of his time with Baltimore and Norfolk. Arrieta was 1–2 for a 7.23 ERA in five starts for Baltimore over three major-league stints. He made nine appearances for Norfolk, all but one of whom were starting, and his record of 5.41 was set there.

The Orioles traded Arrieta and fellow pitcher Pedro Strop to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for starting pitcher Scott Feldman and catcher Steve Clevenger on July 2, 2013. Members of the Cubs clubhouse expressed dissatisfaction with the decision to trade away Feldman, whose season had been better than that of Strop and Arrieta. In the meantime, Arrieta was drafted to the Triple-A Iowa Cubs in the hopes of reclaiming the command that had eluded him in Baltimore. He was first called up to Chicago for a start in the Milwaukee Brewers' second game of a doubleheader, but he didn't join the Cubs full time until August 14, when he replaced a struggling Carlos Villanueva in the rotation. Dale Sveum wanted to call Arrieta for the final stretch of the season in order to find him work with pitching coach Chris Bosio; rather than dismissing Chris Rusin from the rotation as planned, Villanueva was moved to the bullpen to make room for the new pitcher. In his first season in Chicago, he went 4–2 in nine starts, with a 3.66 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 51+2/3 innings. In addition, Arrieta recorded a 2.56 ERA and 39 strikeouts in seven starts and 30+13 innings in Iowa.

Despite being named to the Opening Day rotation, Arrieta missed the first month of the 2014 season with right shoulder tightness until he was activated on May 3. Arrieta's improved command of his slider and cut fastball made him more effective against right-handed batters once he was healthy. He went 4–0 in six starts during June, the lowest of any Cubs pitcher since Rick Reuschel in 1977. Arrieta's first major league complete game shutout on September 16 after losing two no-hitter bids against the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox earlier this season. The Cubs beat the Reds 7-0, while Arrieta had a no-hitter in the eighth inning before giving Brandon Phillips a double. It was the team's first one-hit shutout since Jon Lieber in 2001, the team's first one-hit shutout since Jon Lieber in 2001. Arrieta finished the season with a 10-5 record and 2.53 ERA in 25 starts, as well as a 167 batters in 156+2/3 innings.

Arrieta won by a landslide victory over the Chicago White Sox at Wrigley Field on July 12, his second straight game of the season and third in his major league career. He became the first MLB pitcher to win 15 games in the 2015 season on August 20. The Los Angeles Dodgers were defeated by Arrieta No-hitter on Sunday, the 14th no-hitter in Cubs history. In both the first and ninth innings, he struck out 12 batters, including all three batters he faced. Sandy Koufax was the last pitcher to complete a no-hitter by striking out all three batters he faced in the ninth innings, beating the Cubs in his 1965 perfect game — a game also played at Dodger Stadium. With a 6–0 and a 0.43 ERA, Arrieta was named NL Player of the Week for August 24-30 and NL Pitcher of the Month for August. In August, the right-hander held opposing hitters to a.130 batting average and a.196 on-base percentage, defeating 43 batters while walking just 10. Arrieta pitched a three-hitter against the Brewers on September 22, his 20th game of the season. In the 4–0 Cubs win over Wrigley, he was the first MLB pitcher to win 20 games this season and his third shutout of the season. He had 11 more strikeouts in his 4–0 win.

He surrendered 9 runs in 107+13 innings for a 0.75 ERA, the lowest in MLB history in the second half, after the 2015 All-Star break. He was crowned NL Pitcher of the Month for his 4–0 September record with a 0.45 ERA on October 5, 2009.

Arrieta's 22–6 record and 1.77 ERA (second in the NL) made him only the fifth pitcher to win at least 22 games with no more than six losses and a sub-2.0 ERA since the earned run became an official statistic in 1913. Arrieta's 2015 season has been compared to Bob Gibson's 1968 season, in which Gibson received the National League MVP and Cy Young Award after establishing a record 1.12 ERA. He led the majors in majors, complete games (4), and shutouts (3), and even led the National League in hits per 9 innings pitched (5.895) and games started (33). He also led the majors in the lowest home runs per nine innings (0.39). His.786 win-loss percentage and his 0.865 walks plus hits per innings pitched ranked second in the NL.

The 2015 National League Wild Card Game in Arrieta began. He pitched a complete shut down, throwing out 11 batters and allowing only four hits to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4–0. Since striking out at least 10 batters and walking zero, he became the first pitcher to post a postseason shutout. In a postseason game, he stole second base in the top of the 7th inning, making him the first pitcher to have more stolen bases than runs allowed. In Game 2 of the 2015 National League Championship Series to the New York Mets, Arrieta was the pitcher of record.

Arrieta was named the first Cubs pitcher to do so after Greg Maddux in 1992, and was named NL Cy Young Award winner. He was the fifth Cubs champion overall, as well as Fergie Jenkins (1971), Bruce Sutter (1979) and Rick Sutcliffe (1984). He also ranked fifth in the 2015 NL Most Valuable Player Award competition.

On February 5, 2016, Arrieta and the Cubs reached an historic arbitration contract worth $10.7 million per year, the first one-year contract for a second-time arbitration eligible pitcher, beating David Price's $10.1 million salary in 2013. On April 4, the club selected him as the 2016 season Opening Day starting pitcher against the Angels.

In a 16-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on April 21, Arrieta pitched his second career no-hitter and the 15th no-hitter in Cubs history. He walked four feet and struck out six out of six. Arrieta, who had not lost in his previous 17 regular-season starts, was only the second MLB pitcher to win in regular-season play against no-hitters, with the exception being Johnny Vander Meer, who threw consecutive no-hitters in 1938. The Arizona Diamondbacks beat Arrieta and the Cubs 3–2 on June 5, stopping a 20-game regular season winning streak and giving him his first defeat in 11 months.

In 2016, he was 18–8 with a 3.10 ERA (twelfth in the NL) and lasted for 197+13 innings. With 6.294 hits per 9 innings pitched, he led the league for the second year in a row, his 18 victories and 1.261 home runs per 9 innings pitched were third in the league, his 6.1 percent win-loss percentage was sixth, his 1.664 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched were seventh, his ninth innings pitched were fifth, his 7.066 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched were the highest in the league, and his 1.864 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched were his ninth, his 6.236 runs per 9 innings pitched were his ninth, his 6.411.40th, his ninth, his his ninth, his ninth and a, 6.230 runs per 9 innings pitched were his ninth, and 7.313 innings pitched were ninth, and 4.413 innings pitched were his ninth, and 107 were his ninth, and 6.230 runs per 9 innings pitched were his 98 were his ninth, his ninth, and 98 were his eighth, his eighth, and tenth. He received the Silver Slugger Award for his batting.262/.415 with 2 home runs and 7 RBIs in 65 at bats, and came in ninth place in voting for the 2016 NL Cy Young Award.

Arrieta's first home run off Bumgarner's in Game 3 of the 2016 NLDS, marking the first time a pitcher hit a home run off Bumgarner's streak of over 24 innings. The 2016 World Series's best game 2 and Game 6 winners Arrieta. In ten innings, the Cubs won Game 7 of the series 8-7, giving them their first World Series victory in the series after a 108-year drought.

On January 13, 2017, he agreed to a 2018 baseball deal. In August, he was named NL Pitcher of the Month.

Arrieta batted off 30 runs with a 14-10 record and a 3.53 ERA (eighth in the National League) in 168+11 innings in 2017. He threw 14 wild pitches, tied for the most in the National League, and his 10 hit by pitch were fifth in the league, with his 8.020 hits per 9 innings pitched and 1.218 walks plus hits per 9 innings pitched tenth in the league. The Cubs won their second NL Central division title on Sunday, defeating 92-70.

Arrieta launched Game four of the 2017 NLDS, but after 90 pitches, they were left in the fourth inning trailing 1–0. The Cubs and Arrieta lost Game 5 against the Washington Nationals, but the 2017 NLCS followed them. In a Game Four victory over the Dodgers, Arrieta was the starter and winning pitcher after three losses and facing elimination. For the first time in his career, he declined the Cubs' $17.4 million qualifying bid and became a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies agreed to a three-year, $70 million contract with additional options for up to $135 million over five years on March 11, 2018. Arrieta was turned down from the first day 25-man roster due to his late signing, but the Miami Marlins opened the season immediately after against the Miami Marlins on April 8. Despite a career-low 6.2 strikeouts per nine innings (K/9), down from his 9.3 high in 2015, Arrieta maintained a 0-2 ERA in May 2018 by generating poor contact ground balls for easy outs. This tactic was short-lived: Arrieta's went 0–4 with a 6.66 ERA in the following month, telling reporters, "The ball is getting hit." That's it. "Too many mistakes, especially against an aggressive, a good lineup," the author says. Arrieta chastised his teammates for their bad defense, particularly in infield shifts after one game in which the Phillies lost 6–1 to the San Francisco Giants. He criticized Scott Kingery in particular for failing to react quickly enough on the ball, which eventually set up Andrew McCutchen for a three-run home run. Arrieta was also dissatisfied with himself as the season progressed, mainly because he was unable to explain why his pitching suddenly slowed. He finished the season 10–11 with a 3.96 ERA in 31 starts, with 138 strikeouts in 172+219 innings.

Arrieta revealed in June that he had suffered his knee injury in June and that he had chosen to pitch through the pain, denying the injury from his teammates and boss Gabe Kapler. Arrieta found he had suffered a meniscus tear during an offseason workout and underwent surgery in January to repair the joint. Arrieta won his 100th game in his career, pitching seven innings of the Miami Marlins, while believing himself healthy and with a sharper arm angle. Arrieta's ERA through his last seven starts stood at 6.63 percent by July 7. The pitcher and the Phillies announced on August 17 that he would have a season-end surgery to fix a bone spur in his pitching elbow. The heat had been causing pain over Arrieta's last seven starts of the year, limiting him to fewer than six innings per outing. Arrieta was 8-8 with a 4.64 ERA in 24 starts for the Phillies, and he batted out 110 batters in 135+2/3 innings by the time his season came to an end, and he was out of 88 batters in 135+2/3 innings.

Arrieta said he was "100 percent healthy" going into spring training in 2020 and was optimistic that he would be able to play during the regular season. Arrieta, who was just entering his fifth year with the Phillies, found the COVID-19 pandemic, which cut the 2020 MLB season to just 60 regular-season games, was an added challenge. Rather than getting 30 starts to prove himself to the free market audience as expected, the reduced schedule meant that starters like Arrieta would only see around 10 games of action. He started the season as the Phillies' No. 1 in the United States. Behind Nola and the recent purchase, Zack Wheeler, there is a three starter. Arrieta's first MLB appearance in nearly a year, after two positive COVID-19 tests in the Phillies clubhouse, did not get his first start of the season until August 3. In five innings of a 6–3 loss to the New York Yankees, he allowed three runs in five innings. Arrieta was able to function until September 15, when he was forced to miss the season due to a hamstring injury. In nine appearances for the Phillies, he set a 4-4 record and a 5.08 ERA. Philadelphia decided not to renew his deal at the end of the season, leaving him a free agent.

Arrieta rejoined the Cubs on a one-year, $4 million deal on February 17, 2021. Arrieta opened the season as Chicago's No. 1 after spending spring training tweaking his pitching delivery. Kyle Hendricks is the second starter, behind Kyle Hendricks. Arrieta's return to the Cubs was hampered by injuries. He suffered a cut on his right thumb while playing against the Cincinnati Reds on April 30; after giving up seven runs in 3+13 innings, Arrieta was suspended from the game and was placed on the 10-day injured list. In two innings of an 8–5 loss to the San Francisco Giants, he attempted to combat a bout of gastroenteritis and then went on to allow six runs. As the season progressed, Cubs' leadership began to worry about Arrieta's pitch quality and tenacity: not once in his first 13 starts of the year did he remain on the mound until fifth inning. Arrieta was in the Philadelphia Phillies for the first time since being suspended from the team on July 5. He only pitched 55 runs in 1+2/3 innings, allowing seven runs in the process, including a first-inning grand slam to outfielder Andrew McCutchen. Arrieta was unconditionally released by the Cubs on August 12, the day after he allowed seven runs on eight hits in one inning against the Milwaukee Brewers. During his second stint with the Cubs, he set a 5–11 record with a 6.88 ERA.

Arrieta signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres, after his release from the Cubs, depleted his starting rotation, which included injuries to Chris Paddack and Yu Darvish. On August 18, he made his first appearance for the team, allowing five earned runs in 3+13 innings before leaving with a hamstring strain. Arrieta's injury caused him to miss ten games on the injured list; three of them began on September 19, before being ruled out of a game against the St. Louis Cardinals with a right adductor muscle strain. On two hits and a walk, he only had six batters and allowed five runs. On September 21, Arrieta was scheduled for service. He made an ERA of 10.95 runs for the Padres, allowing 15 earned runs in 12+1/3 innings in only four starts for the Padres. He was released the next day.

Arrieta retired from professional baseball on April 18, 2022, according to Barstool Sports podcast Pardon My Take, "I haven't signed the papers, but I'm done... At some point, the uniform goes to somebody else, and it's just my time." He had a 115-93 record and a 3.98 ERA in 285 games, all but six of which were started over 12 seasons. In 1,433 batters, Arrieta spit out 1,433 batters while walking 571, allowing 713 earned runs in 1,612+13 innings pitched.

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