Los Angeles Dodgers free agent pitcher Jack Flaherty is one of the best pitchers remaining on the market this winter.
Flaherty was a key piece to the Dodgers’ 2024 World Series championship but Los Angeles has already added Roki Sasaki and Blake Snell to replace him, so it’s unlikely he will make a return to Dodger blue in 2025.
FanSided’s Cody Williams recently listed Flaherty as the top free-agent pitcher available for the Atlanta Braves this winter. Atlanta is looking to replace both Max Fried and Charlie Morton this winter.
“There seems to be a pretty clear consensus that the best free agent starter still unsigned this offseason is Jack Flaherty, fresh off his World Series victory with the Dodgers,” Williams wrote. “While that franchise certainly isn’t popular in Atlanta, the hard-throwing right-hander could be after putting together a true bounce-back effort overall between Detroit and LA last year after bouncing around quite a bit in playing for four teams in the past two years combined.
“Perhaps the biggest downside with Flaherty given the time of the offseason and the pitching market might be potential competition for his services. Even still, that market should light a fire under Anthopoulos to answer one of the biggest questions about what Atlanta needs for the 2025 season.”
The Braves are the perfect landing spot for Flaherty, but they will struggle to compete with the other top suitors in a bidding war.
There are a few other suitors for Flaherty, but if the Braves are willing to give the righty a $100 million deal, they could steal him from the other top suitors.
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