(Author’s note: As I mentioned in an earlier post, this piece on Flaherty has been in the works for a little while now. I chose to put it on hold in light of the Matheny firing, so the stats wherein are not updated to include his July 20 outing against the Cubs. I apologize for the inconvenience. On a somewhat related note, this article was dangerously flirting with a word count in excess of 5,000 words had I merged the entirety of this pitch-by-pitch analysis into one post.
How Jack Flaherty turned the corner (Part One)
