Jake Arrieta Getting Blasted By Fans After Getting Shelled In His Debut With Padres

The Jake Arrieta reunion with the Chicago Cubs didn’t go according to plan this season.

After his ERA skyrocketed to over 6 with the club, the rebuilding Cubs made the decision to give Arrieta his outright release following his last start.

As luck would have it, Arrieta immediately got another chance with a San Diego Padres team who has seen their starting rotation get decimated by injuries in recent weeks.

Arrieta took the ball for the Padres at Coors Field on Wednesday afternoon. And as expected, it didn’t go well. Jake was roughed up to the tune of 5 ER over 3.1 innings of work.

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When Jake Arrieta was leaving the game with an apparent injury, social media blew up with jokes at the expense of the former Cy Young Award winner.

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Live look at downtown San Diego as Jake Arrieta only gives up 3 runs in his first inning as a Padre pic.twitter.com/d59yYSD9pk

— Mo (@MoJaviDesert23) August 18, 2021

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If you had told me that in Arrieta’s first Padre start, he was gonna give up five runs over 3.1 IP and leave w/an injury, I would’ve 100% believed you.

— marcus 🦇 (@marcusSDTX) August 18, 2021

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arrieta is lined up to start in san diego next week and face the dodgers pic.twitter.com/fEEATEKdvO

— diego (@RobertsToHell) August 18, 2021

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Jake Arrieta left the Padres game in the 4th inning with recurring shittiness in his right arm.

— Michael (@Schmutzie_) August 18, 2021

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Jake Arrieta’s start with the Padres is going exactly how everyone predicted pic.twitter.com/CUtvFcxo6P

— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) August 18, 2021

Fans didn’t stop there with the Jake Arrieta hate.

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The Padres, starting Jake Arrieta in the midst of a playoff race: pic.twitter.com/zmIEngFcCN

— Jonny Heller (@JonnyHeller) August 18, 2021

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Padres fans get to use eventual 99 Jake Arrieta on their all-time teams in MLB The Show.. but at what cost? pic.twitter.com/QDYMEkj0F8

— Serenity (@HiImSerenity) August 18, 2021

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I’m shocked by this result. Arrieta is consistent…ly bad pic.twitter.com/pOWGrWwIDt

— Herb Lawrence (@Ecnerwal23) August 18, 2021

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Let Arrieta Cook https://t.co/MH2XgykjyC

— Nicolas 🇲🇽 (@NicolasAndreu2) August 18, 2021

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When Arrieta pitches pic.twitter.com/aykvu2ND7t

— Justin Hughes (@JustinHughes365) August 18, 2021

It’s still unclear what Jake Arrieta’s exact injury with the Padres is (if anything).

After signing with the Phillies following his Cubs tenure in 2018, Arrieta’s career has taken a turn for the worse. And 2021 might be the final nail in the coffin.

I’d be shocked if the Padres let Jake Arrieta start another game for them. And I might be just as shocked if a team gives the veteran a chance to continue his MLB career next season.

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