Jake Arrieta’s second no-hitter Thursday night puts him on a pretty exclusive list, becoming just the 30th major-league pitcher to do so. Considering he’s 30 years, he has a chance to join the ultra-elite club of the five pitchers that have thrown three or more no-hitters, led by Nolan Ryan (7) and Sandy Koufax (4).
That brings us to the question – who will be the next pitcher to throw a no-hitter!?!
We came up with a few traits that a pitcher usually has to have in order to shut a team down for nine stanzas in one game.