Arrieta looks like a guy struggling to maintain velocity and is overthrowing as a result. Yanking pitches wide.
Part of his problem is his breaking stuff is too good and he struggles to command it at times, but he also falls behind and grooves fastballs.
He struggled like this last year, then had a great run after the Allstar break. Cross fingers.
But Klentak made the right move waiting out Darvish and Arrieta, big money in long-term deals to over 30 pitchers is foolish. The three year length takes away a lot of concern, if Arrieta continues to pitch like a 2/3 over the course of the deal, he eats innings and takes pressure off the young SPs.
