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Flaherty set to push Cards' salary formula to new heights, but will he avoid a renewal?

The Cardinals' Jack Flaherty throws from the bullpen at spring training on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Jupiter, Fla. (Laurie Skrivan,

Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, right, confers with pitcher Jack Flaherty in the bullpen in spring training on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Jupiter, Fla. (Laurie Skrivan,

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — By the time he’d thrown his eighth pitch Wednesday against the New York Mets, Cardinals ascending ace Jack Flaherty had allowed a run, twice pitched with runners at the corners and had yet to get an out.