JUPITER, Fla. — With a nod to the place the Cardinals expect him to seize in the rotation and an awareness of how a discombobulated schedule in 2020 contributed to his results, manager Mike Shildt announced days before the first game of spring that Jack Flaherty will be the starter for the first game of the regular season.
Flaherty will get the start April 1 in Cincinnati at the Reds’ traditional opening day game, and it will be Flaherty’s second consecutive opening day start.
“We don’t take it lightly,” Shildt said. “There is competition for our starting rotation, as we know.