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Bringing back Jake Arrieta won’t fix the Chicago Cubs starting rotation.
In the not-so-distant past, Jake Arrieta stood atop the baseball world as the National League Cy Young winner. The Chicago Cubs right-hander put together one of the most impressive stretches in baseball history, turning in a second half for the ages.
He followed that up by playing a critical role in Chicago’s historic 2016 World Series campaign, leading the league by allowing just 6.3 hits per nine, while winning 18 games and working to a 3.