Jake Arrieta – Bat Flips and Nerds

Revisiting Jake Arrieta’s monumental 2015 season

April 25, 2022 Sean Guest Baseball, Team Contributors

In 2015, a year before they overcame the curse, the Chicago Cubs were, on paper at least, a bunch of scrappy outsiders. The hiring of Joe Maddon, the free agent signing of Jon Lester and the emergence of prospects like

Jake Arrieta’s Looking ‘Ace’ Again

April 22, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Analytics, Baseball

Welcome to BFN, Sean Guest… It’s easy to forget just how good Jake Arrieta was in 2015. In 33 starts, he won a career-best 22 games, with an ERA of 1.77 en route to the National League Cy Young. He

Milwaukee Brewers – Stick or Twist?

January 19, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting, Previews

Welcome to BF&N, Craig Batho… 2018 was a gigantic step in the right direction for the Milwaukee Brewers, who were very much stripped down for parts over the three previous years. Seeing Jean Segura, Jonathan Lucroy, and Carlos Gomez, among

Do the Cubs need a Fifth Man Up?

January 14, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball

Back with a look at the Cubs pitching staff, it’s Michael Ivory… As spring training draws ever nearer, all the talk in regards to the Cubs is that 5th space on the rotation. Losing both John Lackey and Jake Arrieta

How I Learned to Love the Cubs

January 8, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

Welcome to BF&N, Michael Ivory… I love cricket. Out of all sports in England (and I follow the vast majority), it’s my number one. There’s nothing better for me than sitting at Edgbaston, on a hot summers day with a

This Year’s Jake Arrieta? Find him in Boston.

April 4, 2016 John McGee Pinch Hitting

So much ink has been spilled about the make up of this year’s Red Sox pitching this week. David Price is ready. But no-one else is. Apart from Craig Kimbrel. Carson Smith is broken. Oh, and they can’t develop prospects.