The Yankees and Tigers had a “preliminary” commerce settlement in place that might’ve despatched right-hander Jack Flaherty to New York previous to the commerce deadline earlier at this time, based on Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, however the Yankees in the end pulled the plug on the deal after reviewing the right-hander’s medical information. It’s not clear what the Yankees would’ve traded to Detroit to amass Flaherty had the deal gone by. The righty, in fact, ended up traded to the Dodgers simply earlier than the deadline.
Flaherty, 28, was lengthy anticipated to be probably the most coveted starters in the marketplace this summer season after a sensational begin to the season with Detroit the place he delivered a 2.95 ERA and three.11 FIP by eighteen begins. He hasn’t been totally wholesome this 12 months, nevertheless, as he skipped a begin attributable to again discomfort early this month. He’s seemed good with a 1.53 ERA and 18 strikeouts in three begins since then, however evidently the Yankees nonetheless had issues after reviewing his medicals. The membership was rumored to be in “intensive commerce talks” with the Tigers after Detroit scratched the righty from his scheduled begin yesterday, however in the end no deal got here collectively.
It’s not essentially a shock that New York could be considerably gunshy about the potential of buying and selling for an injured pitchers. As Rosenthal notes, the membership traded for right-hander Frankie Montas in a cope with the A’s on the 2022 commerce deadline regardless of lingering issues about his shoulder, and Montas ended up struggling in a short stint with the membership earlier than present process surgical procedure. Given the truth that the Yankees reportedly deliberate to buy southpaw Nestor Cortes earlier than the deadline within the occasion that they landed Flaherty, it might’ve been a considerable threat for the membership to deal away a longtime arm to make room for a pitcher who they’d some degree of harm concern about. The Yankees as an alternative centered their consideration on the bullpen at this time, transport out lefty Caleb Ferguson whereas including righties Mark Leiter Jr. and Enyel De Los Santos.
In contrast, the Dodgers have a deep workers of inside rotation choices led by Tyler Glasnow and Clayton Kershaw with much more arms like Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Walker Buehler anticipated again from the IL later this 12 months. Given the membership’s deep group of starters, it’s comprehensible why they’d be prepared to abdomen harm threat in buying a rental arm like Flaherty. The addition of Flaherty was paired with the addition of heart fielder Kevin Kiermaier in a cope with the Blue Jays at this time to bolster the membership’s depth after the Dodgers added Tommy Edman and Michael Kopech in a three-team commerce yesterday, in addition to infielder Amed Rosario in a separate deal.
In keeping with Rosenthal, phrase unfold across the league that the Yankees had issues concerning Flaherty’s medicals within the run-up to the deadline, though the one different staff to really see these medicals for themselves was the Dodgers. It’s unclear to what extent different gives for Flaherty’s providers had been impacted by issues popping out of the Bronx about his medicals, although it’s value noting that Jon Heyman of the New York Put up highlighted the Crimson Sox alongside the Dodgers and Yankees as among the many groups recognized to have curiosity in Flaherty. Boston’s solely established beginning pitching acquisition ended up being DFA’d veteran James Paxton as they as an alternative opted to shore up their bullpen with Lucas Sims and Luis Garcia alongside the addition of a younger, unproven potential starter in Quinn Priester.
