Jeff Passan of ESPN reported on Thursday night that the Detroit Tigers and 28-year-old right-handed starter Jack Flaherty are in agreement on a one-year deal for $14M. The deal has incentives for reaching various numbers of starts in the 2024 season that could make it worth $15M total. As Scott Harris has said repeatedly this offseason, “you can’t have enough pitching.”
Flaherty broke into the league as a 21-year-old back in 2017 with the St. Louis Cardinals, who had drafted him out of high school in the 2014 MLB draft. He put together a nice full season in 2018, and then peaked with a fantastic 4.