Choose your own doomsday analogy and seek cover if you’re heading online early next week, because this has potential to get ugly. Jake Arrieta is slated to take the bump when the Phillies come to Wrigley Monday, the first time the former Cy Young winner will face his old team in any capacity. Barring any changes over the next six days, his scheduled counterpart will be none other than Yu Darvish, who essentially replaced Arrieta in the rotation.
Though Arrieta has been more durable and consistent than Darvish since the start of last season, neither has been the pitcher their new teams thought they were getting.