Due to be re-evaluated in the coming days to outline a timetable for his return, Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty described how his torso injury felt “way better” after a week of rest. Pain first streaked through the area while he was pitching last week at Dodger Stadium, but it was something he had not done much at all in 2020 that signaled concern.
That came on a swing— something a few months ago teams weren’t sure pitchers would take in 2021.
“It was already bugging when I was pitching,” Flaherty said to a few reporters on the field, where vaccinated media were allowed Tuesday for the first time since 2019 because of an agreement between MLB and the players’ union.