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Jake Arrieta Out 7-10 Days With Grade 1 Hamstring Strain

By Jeff Todd | September 5, 2017 at 9:25pm CDT

9:25pm: Arrieta told reporters after tonight’s game that the MRI revealed a Grade 1 strain of his right hamstring (video link via ESPN Chicago’s Jesse Rogers). The right-hander will miss at least one start and possibly two with the ailment, but it doesn’t sound as if there’s any long-term risk.

Sept. 5, 7:00pm: Arrieta is very likely to miss his next start, per MLB.com’s Carrie Muskat, but there has yet to be any indication that he’ll require a lengthy absence from the mound. Arrieta underwent an MRI today, though the results from the test aren’t yet known. Arrieta said before tonight’s game that it was likely a cramp that caused him to exit.

Sept. 4, 6:33pm: For now, at least, it seems Arrieta may have dodged a significant injury. He thinks he may even be able to take his next start, Gonzales tweets, and might not even need an MRI.

4:35pm: There’s still no diagnosis, but Arrieta is receiving treatment to his right hamstring, the team announced (via Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune, on Twitter).

4:26pm: Cubs righty Jake Arrieta was pulled from his outing today in the third inning after seemingly suffering an injury to his right leg. He tried to throw a warm-up pitch after the issue arose, but was not able to carry on.

Needless to say, there’s no way of knowing at this point whether there’s any reason for long-term concern. The Cubs have only announced what was obvious to the naked eye: Arrieta left with “an apparent right leg injury.”

But at this stage of the season, even relatively minor injuries can be quite important. Arrieta, the National League’s Pitcher of the Month for August, is expected to help lead the rotation down the stretch and into the postseason.

Despite some iffy moments earlier this year, Arrieta currently owns a 3.36 ERA over 158 innings, with 153 strikeouts and 52 walks. That overall body of work — and his track record of durability — had also seemingly set him up for quite a lucrative foray into free agency at season’s end.

At this point, there’s not much the Cubs or Arrieta can do but wait and hope for the best. No matter the severity of the injury, the team can’t add an outside pitcher and utilize him the postseason; the deadline for doing so was August 31st.

While Chicago could in theory still acquire a starter just to help out during the month of September, there’s no real reason to do so. The Cubs had six quality options for the rotation, so won’t need to worry about depth.

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  1. Padres2019ha

    3 years ago

    Yikes

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    • DimitriInLA

      3 years ago

      Bad long-term signing waiting to happen.

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    • DimitriInLA

      3 years ago

      Bad long term signing waiting to happen.

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  2. prich

    3 years ago

    Who cares, JP Crawford is coming up.

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    • dodgerfan711

      3 years ago

      No one cares about JP crawford other than phillies fans.

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      • SundownDevil

        3 years ago

        I DO! I have his former backpack, so we’re great friends.

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  3. simschifan

    3 years ago

    Yeah the Phillies need that 242 average for a late season push.

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    • prich

      3 years ago

      All good bud. He is hitting 290/400/500 in second half so I don’t care. Now he is hittin well enough to play some third. Franks would swing at a pitch out of they gave him it first pitch.

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      • ReverieDays

        3 years ago

        Good baseball players can be good all year.

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  4. comebacktrail28

    3 years ago

    Thank you

    My Draftkings lineup

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  5. themed

    3 years ago

    That cub staff is old and wobbly. Hope harryedna isn’t out too long or dog gone it they just might not win.

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    • simschifan

      3 years ago

      Still 3 1/2 up

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    • Mikel Grady

      3 years ago

      Quintana and Hendricks are old?

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      • dodgerfan711

        3 years ago

        I would assume Q and Hendricks fall under the woobly category

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        • RytheStunner

          3 years ago

          I translated “wobbly” as meaning oft-injured.

          Even if he meant inconsistent, I wouldn’t call Hendricks “wobbly” considering he’s #5 among active pitchers in career ERA (min 75 starts), right behind Kershaw, Sale, Bumgarner, and deGrom. That sounds pretty solid to me.,

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        • JDGoat

          3 years ago

          Themed is s troll. I think the only time he posts is when he takes a jab at the cubbies

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        • mike127

          3 years ago

          Thank you, Ry! My fear is that Maddon will want to go righty-lefty-righty-lefty in the playoffs–thus Quintana at 3 and Hendricks at 4. There really is not an ounce of evidence that Quintana is anything better than a 4 on this team. Hendricks career ERA is 3.05—-Quintana has never touched than in a single season (Ok–some of you out there can point out adjusted AL numbers, but…). Hendricks has pitched against Kershaw in game 6 of a championship series and against Kluber in game 7 of a World Series. Hendricks is far from “wobbly”.

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      • William

        3 years ago

        Not Old,
        But Way overrated . Dodgers Hitter are going to have Feast hitting against Them !!

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        • thegreatcerealfamine

          3 years ago

          They’ll be playing the Diamondbacks and probably gonna get beat..

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    • JKB

      3 years ago

      Troll

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  6. dewssox79

    3 years ago

    the juice will help him get back

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    • JDGoat

      3 years ago

      Apple or oj?

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      • retire21

        3 years ago

        Home Grown Honeydew

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  7. retire21

    3 years ago

    Probably just plantar fasciitis.

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    • gozurman1

      3 years ago

      Joe Manager’s favorite diagnosis :)

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  8. forwhomjoshbelltolls

    3 years ago

    “Is there any reason to NOT do the MRI?” – Noah S. from New York

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    • gozurman1

      3 years ago

      Was thinking the same thing. Why would he and his agent not want a test to make sure he does not kill his big payday chances??

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    • DetectiveBeauregard

      3 years ago

      Arrieta has a fear of magnets.

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      • gozurman1

        3 years ago

        Good answer. Maybe claustrophobic as well?

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  9. mike156

    3 years ago

    Scott Boras inhales, Scott Boras exhales.

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  10. Hiro

    3 years ago

    90 MPH Club guy called this.

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  11. JCjet

    3 years ago

    who is going to overpay Arrieta this winter? It’ll be interesting if he will be going for the $ or accept less to stay on a contender. We could also see Tanaka opt out, I wouldn’t be surprised if NY would let him sign elsewhere.

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    • EndinStealth

      3 years ago

      Arrieta will get paid and 2 to 3 years who ever does it will be sorry.

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    • saavedra

      3 years ago

      Before august I believed that Arrieta was not even going to get a QO, but he’s been amazing since, he will get paid, maybe not as much as if he would have signed an extension to start the season, or even last year, but he will get paid.

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  12. terry

    3 years ago

    Hamstring injuries can be tricky.It’s easy to come back too quickly and then end up injured again.

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    • themed

      3 years ago

      Nice run cubbies but the self proclaimed dynasty seems to be over before it even got started.

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      • Cubbie75

        3 years ago

        not self proclaimed, media proclaimed. then some fans latched onto it. everyone else living in the real world knows how hard it is to win twice in a row.

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        • dewssox79

          3 years ago

          as a sox fan i can agree with your assesment. its media driven for sure. you get casual fans who attach

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