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Cubs’ Arrieta: Worth ‘ace’ money, no discounts
- Updated: May 11, 2016
2:44 PM ET
CHICAGO — Reigning Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta on Wednesday hinted he’s worth more than the $175 million deal given to Stephen Strasburg, and said he’s not ready to give a hometown discount to stay with the Chicago Cubs.
“I’ll let you judge that,” Arrieta told reporters Wednesday morning about what he believes his market to be. “Just look at the numbers.”
Strasburg, who signed his seven-year extension with the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, has never had a sub-3.00 ERA over a full season of starts though he’s 5-0 with a 2.76 mark right now.
Arrieta, meanwhile, has seen his ERA improve dramatically over his three seasons with the Cubs, going from 3.66 in 2013 to 2.53 in 2014 to 1.77 as he won the National League Cy Young Award last season. That trend has continued so far this season as he’s gotten off to 6-0 record with a 1.13 ERA.
“That’s why starting pitching is so valuable,” said Arrieta, whose agent is Scott Boras, who also represents Strasburg. “There’s not many guys that can pitch at the top of the rotation floating around the league.”
Jake Arrieta has a 0.92 ERA over his last 27 starts for the Cubs, of which the Cubs have won the last 20 …
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