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AP source: Chicago Cubs, RHP Jake Arrieta agree to reunion
CHICAGO (AP) – Jake Arrieta is returning to the Chicago Cubs, concurring to a $6 million, 1 year agreement on Friday.
Arrieta can make $1 million in efficiency rewards, according to an individual knowledgeable about the circumstance who validated the offer on condition of privacy due to the fact that it is pending a physical.
The 34-year-old Arrieta won the NL Cy Young Award with Chicago in 2015 and assisted the Cubs win the 2016 World Series for their very first champion given that 1908. He went 68-31 with a 2.73 AGE in 128 starts over 5 years in his very first stint with the group.
While the reunion is a feel-good story for the ruling NL Central champs after a hard winter season, Arrieta hasn’t experienced the very same level of success given that he left Chicago after the 2017 season.
The 6-foot-4 right-hander signed a $75 million, three-year agreement with Philadelphia in complimentary company and went 22-23 with a 4.36 AGE in 64 starts with the Phillies. He had a 4-4 record and a 5.08 AGE in 9 starts in 2015 throughout the pandemic-shortened season.
Arrieta rejoins a group with a new-look rotation after the Cubs traded Yu Darvish to San Diego in December and let Jon Lester leave for Washington in complimentary company. Arrieta likewise is reuniting with David Ross, who captured the second of Arrieta‘s 2 no-hitters and assisted Chicago into the playoffs in 2015 in his very first season as a major league supervisor.
The Cubs had actually been trying to find pitching depth, worried about the number of beginners they may require going from in 2015’s shortened season to a more routine schedule in 2021. Kyle Hendricks and Zach Davies lead the rotation, with Alec Mills, Trevor Williams, Adbert Alzolay and Arrieta likewise in the mix.
Arrieta was very first gotten by Chicago in a July 2013 trade with Baltimore, a crucial relocation in the franchise’s increase from the bottom of the NL Central to among the majors’ finest groups.
Arrieta, a fifth-round choice by the Orioles in the 2007 amateur draft, was a dominant force in 2015, going 22-6 with a gleaming 1.77 AGE in 33 starts. He followed his Cy Young project with 18 wins and a 3.10 AGE in 31 starts in 2016.
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AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed to this report.
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Jay Cohen can be reached at https://twitter.com/jcohenap
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
CHICAGO (AP) – Jake Arrieta is returning to the Chicago Cubs, concurring to a $6 million, 1 year agreement on Friday.
Arrieta can make $1 million in efficiency rewards, according to an individual knowledgeable about the circumstance who validated the offer on condition of privacy due to the fact that it is pending a physical.
The 34-year-old Arrieta won the NL Cy Young Award with Chicago in 2015 and assisted the Cubs win the 2016 World Series for their very first champion given that 1908. He went 68-31 with a 2.73 AGE in 128 starts over 5 years in his very first stint with the group.
While the reunion is a feel-good story for the ruling NL Central champs after a hard winter season, Arrieta hasn’t experienced the very same level of success given that he left Chicago after the 2017 season.
The 6-foot-4 right-hander signed a $75 million, three-year agreement with Philadelphia in complimentary company and went 22-23 with a 4.36 AGE in 64 starts with the Phillies. He had a 4-4 record and a 5.08 AGE in 9 starts in 2015 throughout the pandemic-shortened season.
Arrieta rejoins a group with a new-look rotation after the Cubs traded Yu Darvish to San Diego in December and let Jon Lester leave for Washington in complimentary company. Arrieta likewise is reuniting with David Ross, who captured the second of Arrieta‘s 2 no-hitters and assisted Chicago into the playoffs in 2015 in his very first season as a major league supervisor.
The Cubs had actually been trying to find pitching depth, worried about the number of beginners they may require going from in 2015’s shortened season to a more routine schedule in 2021. Kyle Hendricks and Zach Davies lead the rotation, with Alec Mills, Trevor Williams, Adbert Alzolay and Arrieta likewise in the mix.
Arrieta was very first gotten by Chicago in a July 2013 trade with Baltimore, a crucial relocation in the franchise’s increase from the bottom of the NL Central to among the majors’ finest groups.
Arrieta, a fifth-round choice by the Orioles in the 2007 amateur draft, was a dominant force in 2015, going 22-6 with a gleaming 1.77 AGE in 33 starts. He followed his Cy Young project with 18 wins and a 3.10 AGE in 31 starts in 2016.
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AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed to this report.
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Jay Cohen can be reached at https://twitter.com/jcohenap
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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