Jake Arrieta

Infobox MLB player
name = Jake Arrieta

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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 time Mountain 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's All-Star Futures Game (July 13, 2008)

Jacob J. Arrieta (March 6, by|1986, city-state|Farmington|Missouri) is a right handed starting pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization currently assigned to their Carolina League affiliate, the Frederick Keys. He is 6' 4" tall and weighs 225 lbs. and was originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 26th round of the 2005 draft, but opted, instead, to attend Texas 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 120 strikeouts over twenty starts for the Keys when his season ended in order to allow him to play for the USA Baseball team at the summer Olympics in Beijing. In his first start at the Olympics, Arrieta pitched six innings and struck out seven in Team USA's 9-1 victory over the China 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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