Dodgers get Jack Flaherty from Tigers in huge MLB trade deadline deal
· New York PostThe Dodgers made a late play for one of the top pitchers on the market.
Los Angeles is acquiring starter Jack Flaherty from the Tigers, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed.
Catcher/first baseman Thayron Liranzo and shortstop Trey Sweeney are heading back to Detroit.
Flaherty, 28, was having a big bounce-back season with the Tigers, pitching to a 2.95 ERA with 133 strikeouts in 106 2/3 innings.
He signed a one-year, $14 million contract with Detroit during the offseason after he recorded a 4.99 ERA last year with the Cardinals and Orioles.
Flaherty struggled mightily when St. Louis traded him to Baltimore at last season’s deadline, recording a 6.75 ERA in nine appearances (seven starts.)
His best season came in 2019 with the Cardinals, when he had a 2.75 ERA with 231 strikeouts in 196 1/3 innings.