- Jake Arrieta
Infobox MLB player
name = Jake Arrieta
width = 150px
caption =
team = Baltimore Orioles Class A Advanced Carolina League Affiliate Frederick Keys
number = 34
position = Starting Pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1986|03|06
birthplace = city-state|Farmington|Missouri
bats = Right
throws = Right
teams =
*Frederick Keys (by|2008-Present)
awards =
*3 timeMountain West Conference Pitcher of the Week
*First-team All-Mountain West (by|2006)
*Mountain West Co-Pitcher of the Year (2006)
*NCBWA second-team All-American (2006)
*Baseball America second-team All-American (2006)
*AFL All-Prospect Team (by|2007)
*Carolina League Pitcher of the Week (May 26-June 1, 2008)
*Carolina League Pitcher of the Week (May 12-18, 2008)
*Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star (2008)
*Major League Baseball 'sAll-Star Futures Game (July 13, 2008)Jacob J. Arrieta (March 6, by|1986, city-state|Farmington|Missouri) is a right handed
starting pitcher in theBaltimore Orioles organization currently assigned to theirCarolina League affiliate, theFrederick Keys . He is 6' 4" tall and weighs 225 lbs. and was originally drafted by theMilwaukee Brewers in the 26th round of the 2005 draft, but opted, instead, to attendTexas Christian . He was then selected by the Orioles in the fifth round of the June by|2007 draft. [cite web|url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Jake%20Arrieta&pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=453562|title=Minor League Baseball|accessdate=2008-08-18]Arrieta was 6-5 with a 2.87
earned run average and 120strikeout s over twenty starts for the Keys when his season ended in order to allow him to play for the USA Baseball team at the summerOlympics inBeijing . In his first start at the Olympics, Arrieta pitched sixinnings and struck out seven in Team USA's 9-1 victory over theChina national baseball team . [cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080818&content_id=3328463&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=More tension than expected in U.S. win|accessdate=2008-08-18]Arrieta first joined Team USA in 2006, and was 4-0 with 34 strikeouts and a 0.27 ERA-- allowing just one earned run in 35
innings pitched over six starts for the gold medal winning team. [cite web|url=http://gofrogs.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/arrieta_jake00.html|title=TCU Athletics|accessdate=2008-08-18]2008 USA Baseball Olympic Team roster
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