A midseason trade landed starting pitcher Jack Flaherty with his hometown team for their World Series run. The Detroit Tigers traded Flaherty to the Los Angeles Dodgers for catcher Thayron Liranzo and shortstop Trey Sweeney.
Although the season ended well for Flaherty, the eight-season MLB veteran did not want to be traded at the deadline.
“I wanted to stay in Detroit,” Flaherty said in an interview on Foul Territory. “We had conversations. I loved it there. I thought the combo of me and Skub (Tarik Skubal) was incredible.”
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The Tigers went on to make a surpise postseason run without Flaherty in the rotation.