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Arrieta on PED suspicions: ‘I train properly’
- Updated: April 26, 2016
CHICAGO — A few of Jake Arrieta’s teammates have relayed to him that other players suspect the Cubs pitcher is taking PEDs and that’s part of the reason for his success. Arrieta, responding to those suspicions and others raised in an article that appeared in USA Today on Tuesday, said the idea that he’s cheating is idiotic.
“If people call into question my work ethic, that’s fine. I know what I’m doing,” Arrieta said. “I eat plants and I eat lean protein, and that’s my gig, that’s what I do. I watch what I eat, and I train properly. There’s no secret. My mom’s [6-foot-1], and my dad’s 6-4. I’m going to be big regardless.
“I could be 30 pounds heavier if I wanted to, if I played football,” he said. “I play baseball, so I do Pilates and I strength train with heavy weights occasionally, and this is the result.”
Arrieta said the first time he heard such allegations were while he was pitching in college at TCU.
“It might be some jealousy involved,” Arrieta said. “It is what it is.”
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