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)
After Jack Flaherty’s dominant outing on Friday night, everyone in the St Louis Cardinals organization is wondering: What if he didn’t get hurt?
The St. Louis Cardinals’ season got off to a roaring start this season, leading the National League Central by 0.5 games on May 31. Then Jack Flaherty suffered a significant oblique injury and everything changed.
When Flaherty returned 73 days later, the Cardinals sat 11 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the division.