Featured Columnist IVJuly 31, 2024
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New Los Angeles Dodgers beginning pitcher Jack Flaherty will put on No. 0 with the workforce, in keeping with baseball author Eric Stephen, making him the primary member of the Dodgers with that quantity since Al Oliver in 1985.
The Dodgers traded a pair of prospects—catcher Thayron Liranzo and infielder Trey Sweeney—to land Flaherty.
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“Getting an impression starter was a really excessive precedence for us, and Jack is unquestionably that,” Dodgers common supervisor Brandon Gomes told reporters Tuesday. “His command, his stuff, the swing-and-miss—we really feel like that is an actual energy choice come October.”
He is a much-needed arm for a rotation that has been beset by accidents this season.
The New York Yankees reportedly had a “preliminary” deal in place to amass Flaherty however backed out as a consequence of medical considerations, in keeping with Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.
“I am unable to touch upon medical stuff with trades as a common level, and if medical stuff did have an effect on any of the trades, that is not on our finish,” Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris told reporters. “You possibly can’t ask me about that as a result of we’re not the one buying and selling for Jack, so not commenting on any of that stuff as a result of I am unable to.”
The Dodgers clearly did not share these considerations, and shall be hoping their new No. 0 shall be simply as sparse together with his hits and runs allowed as he’s together with his new quantity.
