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BarrelMan
The Brewers piece should actually be attributed to Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
chesteraarthur
Jake says more about the awful development of O’s pitchers than anything else. Can the cubs get Gausman and Bundy too?
petertebin
Rick Adair ruined him changing his delivery while taking away his cut fastball.
Ray Ray
The problem I have with the Arrieta/Feldman deal is that it is used as an example of why a team shouldn’t trade prospects for vets at the deadline. One, that trade is an extreme outlier. Most prospect for vets deals do not give you a Cy Young winner and a talented set up man. Secondly, Arrieta was not good with the O’s. I don’t know whether it was the fault of Baltimore or Arrieta or both, but it just wasn’t working out. Anyone that says they saw anything more in his future than maybe a 5th starter/long man for the Cubs is just lying. The average prospects for vets deal will usually help both clubs equally. Of course their are outliers in both directions, but they are just that….outliers.
chesteraarthur
There was a quote from theo or jed where they said they saw the absolute best case scenario as a middle of the rotation starter. Even they didn’t expect this
One Fan
Middle of the road starter is much better then a maybe number 5.
TonytheKeg
thank you very much for that pearl of wisdom
benchguy1
Baltimore was changing Arrieta’s mechanics and not only was Jake uncomfortable with it, but felt that it was hurting, not helping. Upon arrival to Chicago, the first thing Jake asked was if he can go back and pitch the way he wanted to.
amishthunderak
I hate the term, but it’s a classic “change of scenery” thing.
bringinit247
And then we had all those people complaining a month or so ago about Baltimore’s horrible and unfair medical screening process. It seems to have saved them a few dollars this time around!
BoldyMinnesota
That gallardo signing was terrible from the minute they signed him. I don’t know why anyone would give up a first round pick for him, especially a fairly high one like the Orioles did
One Fan
Because Baltimore is a joke
kbm5088
Hard hitting insight right there ^