A few weeks before the trade deadline, the Baltimore Orioles acquired Shintaro Fujinami, and on trade deadline day, they acquired Jack Flaherty, strengthening their rotation and bullpen, respectively.
This summer, both pitchers became free agents and were able to sign with any team. Flaherty’s time in Baltimore has finally come to an end as he has agreed to a one-year, $14 million contract with the Detroit Tigers, according to a report published on Thursday by ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
Acquisition of trade deadlines Jack Flaherty signs a free agent contract with the Detroit Tigers
Given Flaherty’s difficult season, the $14 million the Tigers gave him seems a bit excessive. Maybe Scott Harris believes that Flaherty may make a comeback in the appropriate environment. But that is
To tell the truth, that’s how it began. In six innings, he struck out eight batters in his debut start with the Orioles against the Blue Jays, a division opponent. For Flaherty, it was all downhill from there on out.
In nine appearances and 34 2/3 innings, he posted a 6.75 ERA and 1.673 WHIP, with just one scoreless appearance while wearing an Orioles uniform. He ended up throwing out of the bullpen at the end of the regular season because things went so badly. He let up a run in two innings of relief during the playoffs.
Flaherty’s fastball velocity decreased by half from the previous two seasons, and his slider’s whiff percentage decreased from 40.5 percent in 2021 to
It’s difficult to argue against the idea that Flaherty’s time in Baltimore was a bust and that the trade was a bust, even though Orioles fans weren’t always in a panic or had heart attacks during his brief stay with the team. He’s now heading to Detroit in the hopes of finding some of his former self again.