Why you should trade for Jack Flaherty

Jack Flaherty was recently traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers to be in their starting rotation. He has been traded from the Detroit Tigers for two prospects. But in this article, we are not going to be talking about those prospects. Instead, we're going to be talking about how much you need Jack Flaherty on your fantasy team.

This season, Jack Flaherty has a 8-5 record with a 2.80 ERA and 140 strikeouts. He also had a 0.96 WHIP and the second highest WAR of his career with 3.2. This means that he is on pace to have the second best season of his career and with the Dodgers things can only go up from here. He has only given up 38 runs this season and has a 7 K/BB ratio.

In his first game with the Dodgers, Flaherty pitched six innings, giving up five hits and zero earned runs. He also walked one batter and struck out seven while facing 25 batters. Once Flaherty gets used to the Dodgers system, he will only be better and might even get to a sub 2.50 ERA.

The reasons that you should trade for Jack Flaherty were mentioned above. He is already an All-Star caliber player and he had a very good first start. So, once he gets nestled into Los Angeles with the rest of the players and just the playbook, also the catchers signs. If you want to win your league, you will have to trade for Jack Flaherty right now.