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Preparation Ace: Jake Arrieta’s Varied Approach Drives Consistent Results

Another Jake Arrieta start, another day of articles filled with superlatives about his performance.

Can you blame me though? Maybe you’ve had enough of the talk about just how insanely good Arrieta has been this season, but I don’t think I’ll ever grow tired of it. And speaking of never growing tired, the Cubs’ hirsute hurler is more machine than man out there. He blew past his previous career-high innings-pitched mark in the 2nd inning of his start on August 15th and has gone on to throw 66 1/3 more innings in 8 additional starts.

His ERA in those 9 games: 0.