Cardinals prospect Flaherty to make MLB debut Friday vs. Giants
After the St. Louis Cardinals traded starter Mike Leake to the Seattle Mariners, the club decided the time was right to get a look at one of their promising pitching prospects.
Right-hander Jack Flaherty will be promoted and make his major-league debut Friday against the San Francisco Giants, the team announced.
Flaherty is ranked as the Cardinals second-best pitching prospect behind Alex Reyes, who is rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. Flaherty slots in as MLB's 53rd-best prospect out of its top 100 midseason list.
Luke Weaver, another promising Cardinals hurler, who made eight starts last year, has been terrific of late. Entering Thursday, Weaver has a 2.48 ERA in seven games (four starts), nine walks, and 36 strikeouts.
Pitching in Double- and Triple-A this season, Flaherty has fantastic numbers. In 25 combined starts, he has a 2.18 ERA with 35 walks, 145 strikeouts, and 1.04 WHIP across 148 innings.