The Dodgers made the move in the right direction in acquiring Jack Flaherty, a local kid who is experiencing a career rebirth, Bill Plaschke writes.
Far away from a field, hours before a game, Andrew Friedman just hammered the biggest hit of the Dodger season. Trading for the Detroit Tigers’ Jack Flaherty? Home run. Acquiring a local kid who is experiencing a career rebirth, ranking among baseball’s leaders in several key categories, consistent and powerful all season? Game changer. Inserting into the rotation a 28-year-old righty with a 2.95 ERA and 133 strikeouts with just 19 walks? Walk-off win.
Flaherty, who already has a large Los Angeles fan base from his days at Harvard-Westlake School, should help change that narrative. Revived in Detroit after parts of six seasons in St. Louis and one summer in Baltimore, Flaherty ranks fifth in lowest on-base percentage allowed and fifth in strikeout rate among all qualifying pitchers. More than anything, Flaherty gives them something they didn’t have the last two years after Friedman failed to adequately fortify the pitching at the deadline.
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