Jake Arrieta is Playing Above His Already High Ratings in The Show...

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by Unlucky 13

got one of the best seasons of Ryan Dempster's career out of him before the team traded him away

Dempster's CHC stats standout so bad it's not even funny. 116 ERA+ as a Cub. Not even average anywhere else.

Arrieta is insane. 469 ERA+ LOLWUT. Yeah, it's still April...but geez.

Cubbies are lucky to have a such an awesome pitching coach! Is he a well-rated coach in The Show?

[Denzel Washington]

Quote: Originally Posted by KBLover

Dempster's CHC stats standout so bad it's not even funny. 116 ERA+ as a Cub. Not even average anywhere else. Arrieta is insane. 469 ERA+ LOLWUT. Yeah, it's still April...but geez. Cubbies are lucky to have a such an awesome pitching coach! Is he a well-rated coach in The Show?

Nope. I think Bosio has like 3 negative boosts or something. makes me wish I could edit coaches

[Denzel Washington]

Quote: Originally Posted by Izzy Snow

Only if the O's stuck with him. Le sigh.

Arrieta isn't what he is now if he stayed with the orioles. He would've probably been DFA'd if anything

Quote: Originally Posted by TheWarmWind

I assume Arrieta's overall isn't 99 because as SDS has stated there ratings are an aggregate of the past three years. I would not be surprised if he is a 99 in MLB 17.

He was a elite pitcher in the 2014 season as well.

[RCMacc44]

While I believe Arietta is a good pitcher I don't believe he's worthy of a 99. He's in a situation quite like Zack Greinke where he's got an insanely low BABiP which is making him look even better than he's actually pitching, not that he's pitching poorly, but he doesn't strikeout as many pitchers and he walks too many to be worthy of the 99 overall.

[Denzel Washington]

Quote: Originally Posted by RCMacc44

While I believe Arietta is a good pitcher I don't believe he's worthy of a 99. He's in a situation quite like Zack Greinke where he's got an insanely low BABiP which is making him look even better than he's actually pitching, not that he's pitching poorly, but he doesn't strikeout as many pitchers and he walks too many to be worthy of the 99 overall.

Arrieta's situation is nothing like Greinke's. Arrieta struck out 27.1% of the batters he faced. That was good for 8th in the league. Arrieta's low BABIP is a product of the high number of grounders he generates. Walks too many? His walk rate was 21st in the league. His 5.5 BB% isn't drastically different than Kershaw's 4.7%.

Whether or not he's a 99 is something I don't care about. The real issue is that his per 9's are not reflective of his real-life counterpart.

[Unlucky 13]

Either way, with the new progression system, Jake is up to a 99 at the start of June in my franchise. I guess I'll see how high his individual ratings can go now