ST. LOUIS • A debate that began long before he was part of the Cardinals organization was joined this past week by Jack Flaherty, who echoed the assertion of Adam Wainwright and others that pitchers are the best athletes on the field – and he’s got the six or seven or 6-foot-7 reasons to prove it.
“I know four,” Flaherty said, looking at his phone. “Me, (John) Gant is a sleeper, (Mike) Mayers can actually (play), he’s actually pretty good, and Miles (Mikolas) is just big. I don’t know who the fifth one would be. There’s a bunch of options there.