Dodgers Acquire Jack Flaherty to Boost Postseason Hopes
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00:00But let's go with the big move of yesterday, Craig, before we get to your assessment of what the Marlins decided to do in the final few days ahead of the deadline.
00:08The Dodgers acquiring Jack Flaherty from Detroit.
00:12Jack Flaherty, the L.A. native, a 7-5 record this year, a 2-9-5 ERA.
00:18He has allowed just 10 earned runs in his last nine starts for the Tigers.
00:23Now he'd go to Los Angeles to solidify a starting staff that, frankly, needs a little bit of help right now in L.A.
00:30What impact do you expect Flaherty to make for the Dodgers?
00:34He's putting together one of his best seasons.
00:36This reminds me of his first two seasons with the Cardinals.
00:40I think the Dodgers really understood that regardless of how healthy they think their rotation is, it's never enough going into the postseason.
00:48I think Flaherty, if Yamamoto is healthy and if Kershaw is healthy, that's 1-2.
00:53You know, Glasnow is 3.
00:55Like, I mean, Flaherty sort of profiles to me as a 3 or 4 in a 7-game postseason.
01:01I know that's what the Dodgers are hoping.
01:03You know, what he will be next year still remains to be seen.
01:05Remember, he's on a one-year deal, so this is a rental for the Dodgers.
01:09But they needed it to happen.
01:11They've had too many injuries, and you never know.
01:13I mean, let's just be honest.
01:14Clayton Kershaw, you know, has been phenomenal.
01:16He was the first Ballot Hall of Famer over the course of his career, but that could end in a second.
01:19So they had to do this, I think.
01:21You can't be using openers in a 7-game series to win the NL pennant or the World Series.
01:27That's not going to work.