‘I Think I’ve Just Heard It All At This Point’: Black Jack Flaherty’s Beautiful Detroit Story Hangs On A Trade Deadline String
With the 2024 MLB All-Star break upon us. I took the time to travel to Comerica Park in Detroit, to have a chat with eight-year major league vet Jack Flaherty.
As we speak, Black Jack is having the best statistical season of his career since 2019. A year that saw him finish 4th in the CY Young award race and 13th in MVP voting.
Tarik Skubal and Jack Flaherty Provide Nasty 1-2 Punch In Detroit Tigers Rotation
Yes, Tarik Skubal has been the talk of the town in Detroit and rightfully so, being the current odds-on favorite to take home the 2024 American League Cy Young award. But Flaherty has found himself a comfortable landing spot in Detroit as the ultimate compliment to Skubal in the Tigers starting rotation.
Jack Flaherty Is One Of MLB’s Best Starting Pitchers
Flaherty has proved to be Top 20 pitcher in baseball this season. Through 16 starts Flaherty is 6-5 with a 3.13 ERA and 119 whiffs in just 95 innings pitched.
He’s a winning pitcher, 48-39 record in his career with a respectable 3.67 ERA. Flaherty is very happy in Detroit and many now look back on his 1 year 14-million-dollar “show me” contract as a HUGE bargain for a much-improved Tigers ballclub.
“Detroit is beautiful, that’s an ageless word that I can use. It’s been awesome. The weather is great. I feel like every game we’ve had outstanding weather. It’s beautiful,” he tells MLBbro.com.
Jack Flaherty Rests Bad Back During All-Star Break
The All-Star break was a much-needed chance for Flaherty to rest his troublesome back; the only thing stopping him from dominating every fifth day. Despite Detroit’s obvious recent elevation, they find themselves sitting at last place in the AL Central nearly 100 games into the season.
One can only speculate, but there could be a scenario where Detroit pencils themselves in as a big-time seller before the 2024 MLB trade deadline is over.
Will Detroit Tigers Trade Jack Flaherty
When asked about the possibility of being traded and hearing his name run through the rumor mill on stations such as Sports Rap Radio in Detroit (1270 AM), Jack keeps a level head and says he tunes out the noise, no matter the outcome.
“I think I’ve just heard it all at this point. I’ve heard he’s good, I’ve heard he’s bad, I’ve heard he sucks, I’ve heard he’s one of the best pitchers,” Flaherty said of the various opinions concerning his ability throughout his career. “It kinda goes in one ear and out the other and ya learn to listen to the right people and those that are in your corner that love you at the end of the day no matter what.”
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