Okay, so there are lots of times when I say that I’m going to make these short and I often fail to follow through on that. I mean it this time, though. It’s my kids’ first day at a new school, so I’m trying to tap this out between rounds of pancakes and coffee (the latter for me).
Jake Arrieta looked pretty solid against the Sox last night, holding them hitless into the 5th inning and allowing only two runs on two hits while striking out five and walking two. I’m not going so far as to call it a vintage outing — he’s had four higher game scores this season alone — but he displayed nice movement on his pitches and was working in the zone.