Jack Flaherty #22 of the St. Louis Cardinals delivers a pitch in the fifth inning against the Miami Marlins at loanDepot park on April 07, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)
The St. Louis Cardinals need Jack Flaherty back big time and while he isn’t close to returning, he has resumed playing catch.
The St. Louis Cardinals’ rotation was struggling. Then Jack Flaherty hurt his oblique and it went to shambles, seemingly being held together by Adam Wainwright and the return of Kwang Hyun Kim.
Flaherty is out until early August at the soonest and there is fear that absence could extend even deeper into the season.