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Originally Posted by jd1020
He's been mediocre to bad more years than he's been good.
He's been in the league for 5 years and he has a 8.4 fWAR. He gives up too many HRs. He was hyped up like one of the best pitchers in the game, and for about 1.5 seasons it looked like he was, but the best pitchers in the game put up his career fWAR in a single season.
If he never pitched another day in his life and he ended with 1.68 fWAR a season over his career after being a top 30 or w/e he was prospect when he was called up and you are saying he lived up to the hype then you are straight up lying to yourself.
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I was coming in to say congrats on the season and ask what Cards fans here thought about pursuing Corey Seager to handle SS and add some lefty punch to the lineup, and then I saw this.
I mean, if you think Flaherty is disappointing,
I’m sure there are 29 other teams who would gladly take him.
But this is such a weird critique of a 25-year-old starter. Saying he’s been up for five years is also disingenuous.
He debuted as a 21-year old late in the year and made six starts in 2017. They were not great. But again. Extremely young guy finding his ground.
In 2018, he pitched like a budding ace and took a big step forward. Twenty percent above league average, good peripherals. 3 win season.
In 2019, he legit was an ace. 5-win season. 50 percent above league average. Phenomenal peripherals.
He wasn’t good in 2020, but such a strange year it’s hard to critique anyone.
He was good again this year and just got hurt.
I don’t get it.