SAN DIEGO —
Jack Flaherty wasn’t exactly hoping the Dodgers would trade for him this week.
When the Los Angeles native, Harvard-Westlake product and childhood Dodgers fan first learned he was being sent to his hometown team, the sentimental meaning didn’t immediately hit him either.
“It’s kind of the business of the game,” said Flaherty, the resurgent veteran pitcher the Dodgers acquired from the Detroit Tigers for two prospects minutes before Tuesday’s trade deadline. “You end up where you end up.”
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A day removed from the uncertainty of the deadline, however, Flaherty was already feeling grateful to have ended up in L.