It's one of the many reasons that the Cubs will give the ball to Arrieta for Wednesday night's NL Wild Game presented by Budweiser, airing on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. CT on TBS.
Arrieta's final month of the year was a punctuation mark on perhaps the best second half for a pitcher in Major League history -- and it has also given Arrieta a strong argument to win the NL Cy Young Award.
He has not allowed a run in any of his last three starts, spinning 22 consecutive scoreless innings on the mound and finishing with a 0.