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Jake Arrieta To Undergo Season-Ending Surgery

By Ty Bradley | August 17, 2019 at 2:03pm CDT

Phillies righty Jake Arrieta will undergo season-ending surgery later this month to remove a bone spur in his right elbow, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reports.

Arrieta, 33, had been pitching through the injury since early in the summer, to less-than-stellar results. The 2019 season was the hurler’s worst since his days in Baltimore: though the righty somehow maintained a fastball velocity in the 92-93 MPH range despite the injury, he again struggled to miss bats, command the baseball, and keep it in the park. Though the second half of Arrieta’s season didn’t much differ from the first – apart from his outings often being truncated upon his reaching the 75-80 pitch mark – the pain seemed to intensify, and both team and player finally pulled the plug following a disastrous Sunday outing in San Francisco in which the 2015 Cy Young Award winner was touched for five earned in just three innings pitched.

Arrieta signed a three-year, $75MM deal prior to his age 32 season in 2018. The Chicago reclamation project anchored the Cubs staff for years, but his ERA, on the back of an otherworldly Cub defense, had long outpaced his peripherals, a gap which reached a head in his 2017 walk season, where ERA estimators pegged the righty at the top end of the fourth-starter range. He’s been about that or worse in Philly, where despite steady grounder and walk rates, the former fifth-rounder has seen his strikeout rates slide to worse than eight per nine and his gopher-ball rate ascend to below-league-average totals.

Like its bullpen, the Phillies’ rotation is mostly in shambles now. It can always count on ace Aaron Nola, but it’s now Vince Velasquez, Drew Smyly, Jason Vargas, and Zach Eflin beyond, a quartet that won’t inspire much confidence as the group charges toward its first playoff appearance since 2011.

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  1. Coach Him

    2 years ago

    Good

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    • PopeMarley

      2 years ago

      Pretty callous Coach Him, or is it Coach Knight?

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    • dankyank

      2 years ago

      None of the potential replacements are capable of Arrieta’s admittedly mediocre production. The Phil’s are in a tight WC race and their rotation was already an issue.

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  2. mlb1225

    2 years ago

    Not a good day for the Phillies.

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  3. DarkSide830

    2 years ago

    shouldve happened as soon as he was injuried. at least a few of those outings thereafter were passable. bridging to Rosso or Howard I guess.

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  4. johnnyringofwc

    2 years ago

    I can remember the marketing that this guy would most likely be a good investment……….because he won’t get injured due to his workout routine, preparation, etc.

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    • solaris602

      2 years ago

      I think this season has driven home to even the densest front office personnel in MLB that anything Scott Boras is selling is a figurative booby trap for sure. He oversells his clients to the nth degree, and few are the teams who can honestly say they’re satisfied with the overall results.

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      • PopeMarley

        2 years ago

        So you’re saying an agent should just rollover?

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      • todd76

        2 years ago

        Boras is satan.

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        • Steven Chinwood

          2 years ago

          Wrong, that’s the squad.

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        • jorge78

          2 years ago

          Fool!

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        • James7430

          2 years ago

          Upvote

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  5. frank_costanza

    2 years ago

    I’m honestly ok if he just wants to take next year off

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  6. amk3510

    2 years ago

    We all knew Arrieta was declining and someone still gave him that contract

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    • jorge78

      2 years ago

      Were was their analytics dept!!??

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  7. jdubfl

    2 years ago

    what’s your boss gonna do now that Darvish is out pitching Arrietta. his head will explode

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    • Ejemp2006

      2 years ago

      Darvish’s recent hot streak can not wipe out the fact that he has been horrendous so far on this contract.
      Arrietta has had the most important ability, availability. This elbow injury will give him more time to make sure next year is solid.

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  8. maximumvelocity

    2 years ago

    We are slowly seeing the downside of the waiver-trade elimination.

    A guy like Ivan Nova would have been available in the past. Now, Phils are stuck.

    We should expect a more active trade season next year, as teams insulate from injuries.

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  9. lindle368

    2 years ago

    Arrietta held off servitude so he could opt in to his 20mil player option and not have to play a single game .. worst signing in philly sports he’s such a self centered bum

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    • James7430

      2 years ago

      Or play a single game? He will be ready for Spring Training so I’m not sure what you’re talking about.

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      • James7430

        2 years ago

        *Not have to play in a single game

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    • jleve618

      2 years ago

      Eagles signing Demarco Murray was way worse.

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    • Questionable_Source

      2 years ago

      I think someone told klentak that arietta was the worst signing in Philadelphia sports some time around November. He said hold my beer and the rest is WTF history.

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  10. PTSD Jays

    2 years ago

    .

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  11. Lou Orlando

    2 years ago

    MK hasn’t had a lot of luck signing free agent pitchers. Arrieta was good for about half of 2018 and pretty dismal ever since. His luck with relief pitchers is even worse. Since Robertson will miss all of 2020 and then become a FA, MK spent $23 for about 6 IP. Neshek and Hunter didn’t pan out. Nicasio is too scary to trust at crunch time.

    All this analytics stuff that MK is supposed to be good at is driving me crazy. Talent evaluation is what we need and MK is seriously lacking in that department. MK is the same guy who gave Hellickson a $17+ million QO and let Charlie Morton walk. And to say that he seriously overrated the likes of Eflin, Pivetta and Velasquez heading into this year is a huge understatement.

    Fire MK and Kapler. Let Chollie manage and then find a GM who knows how to recognize what constitutes a good pitcher and a good hitter. I’m free, so maybe Cigar Guy ought to give me a jungle? Hey, I can’t do any worse.

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  12. imgman09

    2 years ago

    A relapse of Philly leaking Oil,Charlie can’t Pitch

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  13. gobears

    2 years ago

    All Cubs fans will always appreciate how great Jake was for us. Hope he comes back as good as ever!

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  14. Tom Price

    2 years ago

    Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Grade A jerk.

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