CINCINNATI — When the Cubs signed Jake Arrieta during the offseason, there were questions on if the right-hander could still perform or if his seasons since leaving the Cubs hadn’t been full of much success.
Whether it was due to health or otherwise, Arrieta felt coming home to the Cubs would help him get back to being the pitcher he believed he still was. And in April, the 34-year-old right-hander went out and did that.
He found a recipe to success in April and kept the rotation afloat while the team went through it’s early-season troubles. But since then, the magic that he had has worn off.