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nccubsfan 2
It’s hard to say what would have been if that deal had gone down. Jake was a different guy in 2013 than he is now. I’m not sure what finally clicked for him once he landed in Chicago.
davidcoonce74
Baltimore took away his slider and changed his arm angle and his position on the rubber. They have an odd pitching development system – they did similar things to Gausman and Bundy. They elevated Arrieta’s arm angle a bit, to get a little more tilt on his curve. I think it kind of messed with his head. I watched Arrieta pitch a game in Indianapolis several years ago, a AAA game, and his mechanics were a mess and he took forever between pitches. Probably because he was overthinking everything. I think the Cubs just undid all that stuff and let him pitch the way he preferred.
One Fan
What clicked is the Cubs let Arrieta pitch the way he wanted. Not like the O’s were forcing him. Cubs pitching coach Bosio also moved him to right side of rubber and allowed Arrieta to use his “crossfire” throwing style. Result was much ball movement. Deception and command. Result. Ace
CubsFanFrank
Chris Bosio. That’s what clicked. Basically, Bosio did what he did for Jeff Samardzjia, Jason Hammel, Paul Maholm, and Scott Feldman, to name s few, and did it better.
L.Wrong Hubbard
You mean interpreter, not translator.
cosmo1
Haha, my pet peave as well! I thought I was the only one who noticed it when reading articles
dsteig
Miss Span as a Twin
TwinsVet
Ditto. Great guy.
Twinsfan79
Especially when I watch Alex Meyer
Kayrall
For anyone like me that is searching through the comments for exactly who Sam “Mayday” Malone is, he is a fictional character from the sitcom ‘Cheers’.
TomG
Wow. This comment makes me feel old.