Jack Flaherty was a huge piece of the Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 World Series victory in 2024. Flaherty was able to hold down the Dodgers\u2019 pitching rotation while the team battled through a lot of different injuries. However, with the righty becoming a free agent, Los Angeles opted to sign Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki instead of him. With that in mind, it seems pretty clear that the 29-year-old will need to look for his reported $100 million contract elsewhere. Bleacher Report\u2019s Kerry Miller recently listed the Atlanta Braves as one of the likely landing spots for the aforementioned Flaherty.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been almost three months since Atlanta traded Jorge Soler\u2019s contract and declined Travis d\u2019Arnaud\u2019s club option for 2025, and Atlanta has done a highly unusual amount of nothing since then,\u201d Miller wrote. \u201cWith a payroll already scraping up against $200M, the Braves don\u2019t have much spending room, but we\u2019ve been expecting them to make at least one semi-big splash. \u201cRe-signing Max Fried or signing Willy Adames always seemed like pipe dreams, but getting Jack Flaherty on a relatively short-term deal could be their big move.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Braves need to replace the production from Charlie Morton and Max Fried. While this is a steep task, acquiring Flaherty would mitigate the damage for the time being.<\/p>\n
Flaherty is a step down from Fried but a step up from Morton. If Atlanta can land him on a contract worth around $100 million over four years, it would be a move that pushes the team in the right direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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