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mlb.com: Arrieta continues to push his limits
By Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com
SARASOTA, Fla. -- He had a good arm and a clean delivery, not exactly a rousing scouting report, but enough to make Texas Christian University head baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle look a little closer at the McKinney Marshalls' pitcher on the mound.
The right-hander wasn't dominant in the Texas Collegiate League contest at Highland Park High School that night, and his numbers before that summer, as a freshman at Weatherford Junior College, hardly raised an eyebrow. Jake Arrieta wasn't ready to pitch against the Division 1 talent at TCU, his Weatherford coaches told the inquiring Schlossnagle. It took less than 10 minutes for Arrieta to convince him otherwise.
"He has great presence," Schlossnagle said of Arrieta, who he talked with immediately after that game and signed less than two weeks later. "You could see, 'Hey, this guy has a fire in his eye and he wants to compete'. He wanted to have a chance to prove himself at the next level. You could tell he was ready to do that." ...
By Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com
SARASOTA, Fla. -- He had a good arm and a clean delivery, not exactly a rousing scouting report, but enough to make Texas Christian University head baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle look a little closer at the McKinney Marshalls' pitcher on the mound.
The right-hander wasn't dominant in the Texas Collegiate League contest at Highland Park High School that night, and his numbers before that summer, as a freshman at Weatherford Junior College, hardly raised an eyebrow. Jake Arrieta wasn't ready to pitch against the Division 1 talent at TCU, his Weatherford coaches told the inquiring Schlossnagle. It took less than 10 minutes for Arrieta to convince him otherwise.
"He has great presence," Schlossnagle said of Arrieta, who he talked with immediately after that game and signed less than two weeks later. "You could see, 'Hey, this guy has a fire in his eye and he wants to compete'. He wanted to have a chance to prove himself at the next level. You could tell he was ready to do that." ...
