Really??? Jake? Really?

[scOtt]

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[scOtt]

Like we in Balmer don't already have enough neuroses.

[isestrex]

We're in first place, the only undefeated team, with the leagues lowest ERA...

...and you want to dwell on this negative?

[scOtt]

We're in first place, the only undefeated team, with the leagues lowest ERA...

...and you want to dwell on this negative?

It's just like rubbing salt in a wound. That ball was hit like 430 at least.

[O's84]

It's just like rubbing salt in a wound. That ball was hit like 430 at least.

ESPN put it at 442FT, the longest by a pitcher in 8 years.

[Uli2001]

I get the regret over his pitching, but what would his power be of any use for the Orioles in the American League?

[O's84]

I get the regret over his pitching, but what would his power be of any use for the Orioles in the American League?

Jake would smash a bunch of HR's in interleague play.

[scOtt]

Jake would smash a bunch of HR's in interleague play.

Him and Zach. Our own Bash Brothers.

[El Gordo]

Him and Zach. Our own Bash Brothers.

Gallardo is no slouch with bat either.

[ShoelesJoe]

I was at Friday's game, and the Longoria HR in the top of the 1st (435 feet to left) was I believe the longest home run I've ever seen in person, and I've been going to games since 1965. The fact that Arrieta's was even further just blows my mind.

[MagicBird]

I had somebody tell me last week that the Orioles made the worst trade in the past decade sending Arrieta to the Cubs. I said, well if he had done anything in Baltimore he'd still be an Oriole. The Orioles didnt do anything wrong. Jake never got it done here. Im tired of hearing about him. Between him and Dexter Fowler I hope the Cubs dont even make the playoffs!

[BMann]

I had somebody tell me last week that the Orioles made the worst trade in the past decade sending Arrieta to the Cubs. I said, well if he had done anything in Baltimore he'd still be an Oriole. The Orioles didnt do anything wrong. Jake never got it done here. Im tired of hearing about him. Between him and Dexter Fowler I hope the Cubs dont even make the playoffs!

Hesitant to start this up again, but some fans think this clearly was a failure on the O's part, that our coaching staff didn't do their jobs in tapping Jake's true potential. Some comments Arrieta made last year about how he was handled here threw some gas on that particular fire, IIRC.

Water under the bridge, can't do anything about it now.

[bobmc]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In his last 22 regular season starts, Jake Arrieta has hit more homers (3) than he has allowed (2).</p>— Tim Kurkjian (@Kurkjian_ESPN) <a href="

">April 10, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[baltimoreO's22]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In his last 22 regular season starts, Jake Arrieta has hit more homers (3) than he has allowed (2).</p>— Tim Kurkjian (@Kurkjian_ESPN) <a href="

">April 10, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Funny thing is he gave up two bombs right after this tweet came out.

[TheDirtyBird]

I get the regret over his pitching, but what would his power be of any use for the Orioles in the American League?

Obviously we could have stuck him in RF [emoji41]