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Fantasy Baseball: Is Jake Arrieta An Elite Starter Once Again?

The Phillies right-hander turned back the clock with a dominating performance against the Pirates. Is his hot start sustainable?

In 2015, no one in baseball pitched better than Jake Arrieta.

Whether it be in real life or in fantasy, Arrieta was elite. That year, he went 22-6 for the Chicago Cubs with an insane 1.77 ERA and 2.35 FIP across 229 innings pitched. That was the same year he struck out 27.1% of batters faced while walking just 5.5% with a 0.86 WHIP and a .184 batting average against. In the second half alone, Arrieta allowed only nine earned runs and posted an ERA of 0.