Far away from a field, hours before a game, Andrew Friedman just hammered out the biggest hit of the Dodger season.
Trading for the Detroit Tigers’ Jack Flaherty?
Home run.
Acquiring a local kid who is experiencing a career rebirth, ranking among baseball’s leaders in several key categories, consistent and powerful all season?
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Game changer.
Inserting into the rotation a 28-year-old right-hander with a 2.95 ERA and 133 strikeouts with just 19 walks?
Walk-off win.
With minutes to spare at trade deadline, Dodgers land starting pitcher Jack Flaherty
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After two years of trade deadline failures, Friedman rediscovered his big swing Tuesday, baseball’s brainiest executive stepping to the plate in the bottom of the ninth of baseball’s trade deadline and pulling off a last-gasp acquisition of Flaherty for two prospects.