Dodgers News: 2024 Trade Deadline Acquisition Jack Flaherty Departs for Detroit
Well, Jack Flaherty will be in Los Angeles and could be pitching on opening weekend at Chavez Ravine come March. It just won’t be in a Dodgers uniform.
Numerous MLB insiders, including ESPN’s Jeff Passan, have reported that Jack Flaherty and the Detroit Tigers have agreed on a two-year, $35 million contract. The deal also includes an opt-out after the first season, in which Flaherty will be paid $25 million.
The Dodgers acquired Flaherty from the Tigers at the trading deadline last July in an effort to bolster their starting rotation. At the time, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was sidelined with a tricep injury, Bobby Miller was pitching poorly, and the red-hot Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres were gaining ground on the Dodgers in the NL West.
In the postseason, Flaherty started five games for the Dodgers en route to a World Series title. Although he pitched to a 7.36 ERA, he had two terrific outings, Game 1 of the NLCS and Game 1 of the World Series, both of which the Dodgers won.
At the beginning of the off-season, it looked more likely that the Dodgers could opt to bring back Flaherty, but after the team signed starting pitchers Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki, Flaherty’s services became far less of a need.
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