Spencer Arrighetti is pitching like an ace for a pitching staff in need of one

HOUSTON — The savior of baseball’s worst pitching staff has a chip stuck to his shoulder. He has tried to block out how he began this season somewhere he did not want to be, but these six brilliant starts still raise the question of why he went to the minor leagues in the first place.“It felt like a kick in the face in the moment,” Spencer Arrighetti said, “but I just never got discouraged. I feel like that’s just a common theme, whether it be results or things happening that are out of my control. I just take it on the chin and keep working.”Advertisement