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For his and the Phillies’ sake, Jake Arrieta should opt for Elbow surgery

After a rough outing against the San Francisco Giants in which he allowed seven hits and five earned runs in just three innings of work, Phillies SP Jake Arrieta is mulling undergoing an elbow procedure that would sideline him for the rest of 2019.

“I don’t necessarily want to make a decision right now,” Arrieta said Sunday after being batted around by theu200b u200bSan Francisco Giantsu200b, peru200b u200bScott Lauberu200b of the u200bPhiladelphia Inquirer.u200b “We’ll have the off-day [Monday] and maybe have a conversation on Tuesday.” “It hurts every day,” Arrieta added of the bone spur.